HOUSTON, Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that its Director J.F. Freel, aged 99, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 2, 2011, after a short illness. Mr. Freel was a co-founder of W&T and he served on the Board since its inception.  He has acted as Corporate Secretary of the Company since 1984.

About W&T Offshore

W&T Offshore, Inc. 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 has recently diversified its operations by expanding onshore into the Permian Basin and into East Texas. W&T has grown through acquisitions, exploitation and exploration, holds working interests in approximately 67 fields in federal and state waters, and has approximately 173,000 net acres under lease onshore. A majority of its daily production is derived from wells it operates offshore.  For more information on W&T, please visit its Web site at www.wtoffshore.com.  

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