TULSA, Okla., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ONEOK, Inc. and ONEOK Partners, L.P. today announced a series of officer appointments, effective Oct. 1, 2006.
David E. Roth has been promoted to ONEOK senior vice president, administrative services, responsible for human resources, applications development in information technology and corporate services. Roth was previously vice president of administrative services. James M. Fallon, vice president of corporate services, will now report to Roth.
John E. Manning, manager of ONEOK employee benefits and payroll, has been promoted to vice president, reporting to Roth. Mark W. Smith, manager of ONEOK treasury operations, becomes vice president, reporting to Caron A. Lawhorn, senior vice president -- financial services and treasurer. Timothy S. Blake, manager of tax accounting for ONEOK, becomes vice president, reporting to Curtis L. Dinan, senior vice president and chief accounting officer. W. Kent Shortridge, vice president, commercial, in ONEOK Partners' pipelines and storage segment, becomes vice president, gas supply and administration, in ONEOK distribution companies, reporting to Samuel Combs III, president.
Wesley R. Dunbar, manager of field operations for ONEOK Partners' WesTex Transmission LP, replaces Shortridge as vice president, commercial, in the pipelines and storage segment of ONEOK Partners, reporting to Pete Walker, president of ONEOK Partners' pipelines and storage segment. J. Philip May, director of origination in ONEOK Energy Services, becomes vice president, commercial, for ONEOK Partners' interstate pipeline segment, replacing Gaye Lynn Schaffart, who becomes vice president, special projects, in the same segment. May and Schaffart will report to Christopher Skoog, president of ONEOK Partners' interstate pipelines segment.
ONEOK, Inc. is a diversified energy company. We are the general partner and own 45.7 percent of ONEOK Partners, L.P., one of the largest publicly traded limited partnerships, which is a leader in the gathering, processing, storage and transportation of natural gas in the U.S. and owns one of the nation's premier natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, connecting much of the natural gas and NGL supply in the Mid-Continent with key market centers. ONEOK is among the largest natural gas distributors in the United States, serving more than 2 million customers in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas. Our energy services operation focuses primarily on marketing natural gas and related services throughout the U.S. ONEOK is a Fortune 500 company.
ONEOK Partners, L.P. is one of the largest publicly traded limited partnerships, and is a leader in the gathering, processing, storage and transportation of natural gas in the U.S. and owns one of the nation's premier natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, connecting much of the natural gas and NGL supply in the Mid-Continent with key market centers. Its general partner is ONEOK, Inc., a diversified energy company, which owns 45.7 percent of the overall partnership interest. ONEOK is one of the largest natural gas distributors in the United States, and its energy services operation focuses primarily on marketing natural gas and related services throughout the U.S.
For more information, visit the Web sites at http://www.oneokpartners.com/ or http://www.oneok.com/ .
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