Form 8-K

W&T OFFSHORE, INC.

(Registrant)

Dated: February 6, 2012

/s/ John D. Gibbons

John D. Gibbons

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

and Chief Accounting Officer

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 31, 2012

W&T Offshore, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Texas	1-32414	72-1121985
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Nine Greenway Plaza, Suite 300 Houston, Texas		77046
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

713.626.8525

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On January 31, 2012, W&T Offshore, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting on operational results and reserve information for the year 2011 and provided guidance and capital budget information for 2012. A copy of the press release, dated January 31, 2012, is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

This information is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless specifically incorporated by reference in a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act. By filing this report on Form 8-K and furnishing this information, the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by Item 2.02.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

Exhibit 99.1		W&T Offshore, Inc. Press Release, dated January 31, 2012

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.