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                                                                 EXHIBIT (23)(b)

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The Board of Directors
ONEOK, Inc.

         We consent to the incorporation by reference herein of our report on
the Consolidated Financial Statements of ONEOK, Inc. as of August 31, 1997 and
1996, and for each of the years in the three-year period ended August 31, 1997,
which report appears in the August 31, 1997, Annual Report on Form 10-K of
ONEOK, Inc.  Our report refers to the adoption 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
November 26, 1997