HOUSTON, Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that the Company will be presenting at the Barclays Capital CEO Energy and Power Conference to be held on September 6-8, 2011 in New York City.  

Jamie L. Vazquez, W&T Offshore's President, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, September 6 at 12:25 p.m. Eastern Time. The presentation will be broadcast live over the Internet and the webcast link can be accessed live and for replay by visiting the Company's Web site at www.wtoffshore.com

About W&T Offshore

W&T Offshore is an independent oil and natural gas company focused primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, including exploration in the deepwater and deep shelf regions, where it has developed significant technical expertise. W&T Offshore has recently diversified its operations by expanding onshore into the Permian Basin. W&T Offshore has grown through acquisitions, exploitation and exploration, holds working interests in approximately 67 fields in federal and state waters, and has approximately 31,000 net acres under lease onshore. A majority of its daily production is derived from wells it operates.  For more information on W&T Offshore, please visit its Web site at www.wtoffshore.com.

Contacts:
Janet Yang, Finance Manager
investorrelations@wtoffshore.com
713-297-8024

Danny Gibbons, SVP & CFO
investorrelations@wtoffshore.com
713-624-7326

SOURCE W&T Offshore, Inc.