ONEOK Announces Closing of Medallion Midstream Acquisition

Completes Acquisition of the Largest Privately Held Crude Oil Gathering and Transportation System in the Permian's Midland Basin

TULSA, Okla., Oct. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Medallion Midstream (Medallion) from Global Infrastructure Partners, for a total cash consideration of approximately $2.6 billion.

"With the acquisition of Medallion, the largest privately held crude gathering and transportation system in the Permian's Midland Basin, we continue our demonstrated track record of intentional and disciplined growth," said Pierce H. Norton II, ONEOK president and chief executive officer. "This acquisition further diversifies ONEOK's asset portfolio and adds an expansive and well-connected crude oil gathering system to our Permian Basin platform.

"We expect to drive meaningful commercial synergies from these complementary assets, which already connect with ONEOK's long-haul crude oil pipelines out of the basin," added Norton. "Through this transaction, we further extend our value chain and continue to enhance ONEOK's position as one of the largest diversified energy infrastructure companies delivering products and services vital to an advancing world."

The acquisition of Medallion includes more than 1,200 miles of crude oil gathering pipelines providing approximately 1.3 million barrels per day of capacity and approximately 1.5 million barrels of crude oil storage in the Permian Basin.

At ONEOK (NYSE: OKE), we deliver energy products and services vital to an advancing world. We are a leading midstream operator that provides gathering, processing, fractionation, transportation and storage services. Through our more than 50,000-mile pipeline network, we transport the natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), refined products and crude oil that help meet domestic and international energy demand, contribute to energy security and provide safe, reliable and responsible energy solutions needed today and into the future. As one of the largest diversified energy infrastructure companies in North America, ONEOK is delivering energy that makes a difference in the lives of people in the U.S. and around the world.

As of Oct. 15, 2024, ONEOK is the managing member of EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) (EnLink) and owns 43% of EnLink's outstanding common units. EnLink provides integrated midstream infrastructure services for natural gas, crude oil and NGLs.

ONEOK is an S&P 500 company headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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