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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001213900-24-113070
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20241227

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ONEOK INC /NEW/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001039684
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION & DISTRIBUTION [4923]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				731520922
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OK
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 WEST 5TH ST
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9185887000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 WEST 5TH ST
		CITY:			TULSA
		STATE:			OK
		ZIP:			74103

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	WAI INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970519
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<P STYLE="text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"><B>ONEOK, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">100 West Fifth Street</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Tulsa, OK 74103</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">December 27, 2024</P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>VIA EDGAR</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">United States Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
Division of Corporation Finance</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Office of Energy &amp; Transportation<BR>
100 F Street, N.E.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 0.5in"><B>Re:</B></TD>
    <TD><B>ONEOK, Inc.<BR> Registration Statement on Form S-4</B> <B><BR>
Filed December 9, 2024, as amended<BR> File No. 333-283681</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Ladies and Gentlemen:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, ONEOK, Inc. (the &ldquo;<B><I>Company</I></B>&rdquo;) hereby requests acceleration of the effective date of the above
referenced Registration Statement to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on December 30, 2024, or as soon thereafter as practicable, or at such other
time as the Company or its outside counsel, Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP, request by telephone that such Registration Statement be declared
effective.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Please contact Ieuan A. List of Kirkland &amp;
Ellis LLP at (512) 355-4375 or by email at ieuan.list@kirkland.com or Julian J. Seiguer, P.C. of Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP at (713) 836-3334
or by email at julian.seiguer@kirkland.com, as soon as the registration statement has been declared effective, or if you have any other
questions or concerns regarding this matter.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%">Sincerely,</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>ONEOK, INC.</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 32.65pt; text-indent: -32.65pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1.5pt solid; padding-left: 32.65pt; text-indent: -32.65pt">/s/ Walter S. Hulse III</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 32.65pt; text-indent: -32.65pt">Walter S. Hulse III</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; width: 0.5in">cc:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: justify">Julian J. Seiguer, P.C., Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Ieuan A. List, Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">M. Preston Bernhisel, Baker Botts L.L.P.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Sarah J. Dodson, Baker Botts L.L.P.</P>

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