HOUSTON, March 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that the Company will be participating in the Scotia Howard Weil 2015 Energy Conference to be held March 22-26 in New Orleans.

Jamie Vazquez, W&T Offshore's  President, is scheduled to make a presentation on Wednesday, March 25 at 8:25 a.m. Central Time.  She will provide an update on the Company's operations and recent developments.  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 the Permian Basin of West Texas.  We have grown through acquisitions, exploration and development and currently hold working interests in approximately 63 offshore fields in federal and state waters (61 producing and two fields capable of producing).  W&T currently has under lease approximately 1.2 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 50,000 gross acres, primarily 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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