HOUSTON, April 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that the Company will be participating in the IPAA Oil & Gas Investor Symposium to be held from April 20-22, 2015 in New York.

Tracy Krohn, W&T's Chairman and CEO, is scheduled to make a presentation on Tuesday, April 21^st at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time (3:30 pm Central Time).  The webcast and associated 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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