HOUSTON, Dec. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:WTI) announced today that the Company will be presenting at the Pritchard Capital Partners 2012 Energize Conference being held in San Francisco, CA on January 4 - 5, 2012.

Tracy Krohn, W&T Offshore's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, is scheduled to make a presentation on Wednesday, January 4, at 2:55 p.m. Pacific Time.  The presentation will provide an update on the Company's operations and will be broadcast live over the Internet.  The webcast link to the audio presentation and accompanying slides can be accessed live and for replay 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, active in the acquisition, exploitation, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Gulf of Mexico and onshore Texas.  The Gulf of Mexico is an area where we have developed significant technical expertise.   We recently diversified our operations by expanding onshore into the Permian Basin and into East Texas.  We have working interests in approximately 67 fields in federal and state waters, and have approximately 173,000 net acres under lease onshore.  A 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. 

Contact:

Mark Brewer
Investor Relations
investorrelations@wtoffshore.com
713-297-8024

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

SOURCE W&T Offshore, Inc.