OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – July 18, 2013 – Kansas Gas Service is currently replacing natural gas meters throughout the city of Bel Aire, Kan.

Customers affected by this project will be notified by NPL Construction Company, the contractor assisting Kansas Gas Service, or by notice left at their home or business.

A standard meter replacement requires interruption of a customer’s natural gas service for approximately 20 minutes and access inside homes or businesses to properly relight appliances. The contractors performing the work will carry photo identification badges that identify them as working on behalf of Kansas Gas Service. The project is expected to be completed by the end of September.

 

Kansas Gas Service provides clean, reliable natural gas to more than 630,000 customers in 360 communities in Kansas.   It is a division of ONEOK, Inc. (pronounced ONE-OAK) (NYSE: OKE), a diversified energy company.  ONEOK is the general partner and owns 43.4 percent of ONEOK Partners, L.P. (NYSE: OKS), one of the largest publicly traded limited partnerships, which is a leader in the gathering, processing, storage and transportation of natural gas in the United States and owns one of the nation’s premier natural gas liquids (NGL) systems, connecting NGL supply in the Mid-Continent and Rocky Mountain regions 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.  Its energy services operation focuses primarily on marketing natural gas and related services throughout the United States.  ONEOK is a Fortune 500 company and is included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index.