Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS

As independent consultants, Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. hereby consents to the incorporation by reference in the Current Report on Form 8-K of W&T Offshore, Inc. to be filed on or about July 12, 2006, of information from the reserve report with respect to the reserves of certain Kerr-McGee Properties dated April 7, 2006, and entitled “Estimate of Reserves and Future Revenue to Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas (Shelf) LLC Interest in Certain Oil and Gas Properties Located in State and Federal Waters Gulf of Mexico as of September 30, 2005.”

 

   

NETHERLAND SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC.

     

By:

 

/s/ G. Lance Binder

Dallas, Texas

July 12, 2006

     

G. Lance Binder

Executive Vice President