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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23(a)



The Board of Directors
ONEOK Inc.

We consent to the use of our report incorporated herein by reference and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the Prospectus.  Our
report refers to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of Long-lived Assets and Long-lived
Assets to be Disposed Of in 1996.



KPMG Peat Marwick LLP


Tulsa, Oklahoma
April 17, 1997