Ownership Submission

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

LUIKART JAMES L

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
01/27/2005

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
W&T OFFSHORE INC [WTI]

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

C/O JEFFERIES CAPITAL PARTNERS, 520 MADISON AVE

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	__X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10022

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Common Stock	13,549,663	I	(1)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LUIKART JAMES L C/O JEFFERIES CAPITAL PARTNERS 520 MADISON AVE NEW YORK, NY 10022	X	X

Signatures

Price W. Wilson,Attorney-in-fact		01/27/2005
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Remarks: (1) Mr. Luikart is one of two managing members of Jefferies Capital Partners (a/k/a FS Private Investments III LLC and referred to hereinafter as "JCP"). The other managing member of JCP is Brian P. Friedman. JCP controls the investment and/or voting power in respect of all of the 13,549,663 shares of Common Stock disclosed herein (the "Total Shares"). Of the Total Shares, an aggregate of 10,123,806 shares are held by three funds (the "JCP Funds") that are managed by JCP, including 7,054,218 shares that are held by ING Furman Selz Investors III L.P. ("IFSI III"). Mr. Luikart is compensated, in part, based on the financial performance of the securities held by the JCP Funds. In addition, until the consummation of the Issuer's initial public offering of securities, JCP has control over the balance of the Total Shares pursuant to a proxy granted to JCP by each of PPM America Private Equity Fund, L.P., MCC 2003 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust, Danny Conwill, as Trustee, DOC 2002 Trust #1, Mary Conwill, as Trustee, Stephen A. Landry and Jefferies & Company, respectively. Mr. Luikart disclaims beneficial ownership of the Total Shares except to the extent of his proportionate pecuniary interest therein resulting from his direct or indirect interests in JCP and the JCP Funds. Mr. Friedman, JCP and IFSI III today are jointly filing, separately from Mr. Luikart, a Form 3 to describe their respective beneficial ownership interests in the Total Shares.

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