POWER OF ATTORNEY
                Know all by these presents, I hereby appoint Michael Larkin, Elaine Tippitt
        and Patrick LaRue, or any one of them acting alone, to act as my agent and 
        attorney-in-fact for the purpose of completing, executing and filing on my behalf
        with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or 
        any other exchange or self regulatory body, any Form 3 "Initial Statement of Beneficial
        Ownership of Securities", Form 4 "Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of
        Securities", Form 5 "Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities," or any 
        other similar form to report securities ownership that may, in the opinion of any 
        of them be necessary, with respect to any transaction in securities of W&T Offshore, Inc. 
                Nothing herein shall relieve me of the responsibility for the accuracy of
        the information and representations contained in any Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, or
        other similar form completed, executed and filed pursuant to this power of attorney. 
                This power of attorney shall supersede all similar prior powers of attorney
        and will remain effective as to the agents and attorneys-in-fact referred to above
        until I revoke or amend it by written notice to such persons or until the
        undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, Form 4, Form 5 or other similar
        form completed, executed and filed pursuant to this power of attorney.
        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
        executed on this 25th day of March 2008. 
                                                                
                                      
                                        /s/ Robert I. Israel
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                                        Robert I. Israel