ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE:OKE) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call November 1, 2023 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Andrew Ziola - Vice President, Investor Relations

Pierce Norton - President and Chief Executive Officer

Walt Hulse - Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development

Sheridan Swords - Executive Vice President, Commercial liquids and Natural Gas Gathering and Processing

Chuck Kelley - Senior Vice President, Commercial of Natural Gas Pipelines

Kevin Burdick - Executive Vice President, Chief Enterprise Services Officer

Conference Call Participants

Brian Reynolds - UBS

Jeremy Tonet - JPMorgan

Michael Blum - Wells Fargo

Spiro Dounis - Citi

Tristan Richardson - Scotiabank

Jean Ann Salisbury - Bernstein

Harry Mateer - Barclays

Neal Dingmann - Truist Securities

Theresa Chen - Barclays

Keith Stanley - Wolfe Research

Sunil Sibal - Seaport Global Securities

Neel Mitra - Bank of America

Craig Shere - Tuohy Brothers

Operator

Good day and welcome to the ONEOK Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast. [Operator Instructions] Please note, today’s event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Andrew Ziola, Vice President, Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.

Andrew Ziola

Thank you, Rocco and welcome to ONEOK’s third quarter 2023 earnings call. We issued our earnings release and presentation after the markets closed yesterday and those materials are on our website. After our prepared remarks, management will be available to take your questions.

Statements made during this call that might include ONEOK’s expectations or predictions should be considered forward-looking statements and are covered by the Safe Harbor provision of the Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. For a discussion of factors that could cause actual results to differ, please refer to our SEC filings. [Operator Instructions]

With that, I will turn the call over to Pierce Norton, President and Chief Executive Officer. Pierce?

Pierce Norton

Thanks, Andrew. Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us. On today’s call is Walt Hulse, the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Executive Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate Development; Sheridan Swords, Executive Vice President, Commercial liquids and Natural Gas Gathering and Processing, which includes our commercial responsibility for our NGL business, refined products and crude businesses. Also available to answer your questions are Chuck Kelley, Senior Vice President, Commercial of Natural Gas Pipelines; and Kevin Burdick, who has assumed the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Chief Enterprise Services Officer, with responsibilities for cybersecurity, information technology, enterprise optimization, innovation, and integration activities. This position will be vital as we continue to integrate systems, technologies and workforces following the acquisition of Magellan. Kevin is uniquely qualified for his experience in integration processes, information technology, commercial and corporate operations to lead the company as we continue to identify, prioritize and realize the value of the synergies as one company.