HOUSTON, April 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that the Company will be participating in the 2013 IPAA Oil and Gas Investment Symposium to be held in New York City on April 15-17, 2013.

Jamie Vazquez, W&T Offshore's President, is scheduled to make a presentation on Monday, April 15^th, at 2:25 pm Eastern Time.  The presentation will provide an update on the Company's operations and will be broadcast live over the internet. 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, 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 72 offshore fields in federal and state waters (69 producing and three fields capable of producing).  W&T currently has under lease over 1.4 million gross acres including over 710,000 gross acres on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf, over 480,000 gross acres in the deepwater and over 221,000 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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