HOUSTON, March 20, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that the Company will be participating in the Howard Weil Energy Conference to be held from March 23-27, 2014 in New Orleans.

Tracy Krohn, W&T's Chairman and CEO, is scheduled to make a presentation on Tuesday, March 25^th at 3:20 p.m. Central Time.  The presentation will not be webcast, but the presentation slides can be accessed by visiting the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.wtoffshore.com.

About W&T Offshore
W&T Offshore, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas producer with operations offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore in both the Permian Basin of West Texas and in East Texas.  We have grown through acquisitions, exploration and development and currently hold working interests in approximately 67 offshore fields in federal and state waters (62 producing and five fields capable of producing).  W&T currently has under lease approximately 1.3 million gross acres, including approximately 0.6 million gross acres on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf, approximately 0.5 million gross acres in the deepwater and approximately 0.2 million gross acres onshore in Texas.  A substantial majority of our daily production is derived from wells we operate offshore.  For more information on W&T Offshore, please visit our website at www.wtoffshore.com.

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