HOUSTON, Feb. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that it will release its fourth quarter 2015 financial and operational results after the market closes on Tuesday, March 8.  In conjunction with the release, the Company has scheduled a conference call, which will also be broadcast live over the Internet, on Wednesday, March 9 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time (8:30 a.m. Central Time).

The Company also announced that its 2016 Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 8:00 a.m. Central Time on May 4, 2016, at the offices of the Company, Nine Greenway Plaza, Suite 300, Houston, Texas 77046. Shareholders of record at the close of business on March 9, 2016 are entitled to receive notice of the meeting and to vote the shares of W&T Offshore common stock they held as of that date.

About W&T Offshore

W&T Offshore, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas producer with operations offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.  We have grown through acquisitions, exploration and development and currently hold working interests in approximately 54 fields in federal and state waters (50 producing and four fields capable of producing).  W&T currently has under lease approximately 900,000 gross acres, including approximately 550,000 gross acres on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf and approximately 350,000 gross acres in the deepwater.  A majority of our daily production is derived from wells we operate.  For more information on W&T Offshore, please visit our website at www.wtoffshore.com.

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