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| EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE DATED DECEMBER 11, 2012 - W&T OFFSHORE INC | d452579dex991.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 11, 2012
W&T Offshore, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Texas | 1-32414 | 72-1121985 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Nine Greenway Plaza, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77046
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
713.626.8525
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On December 11, 2012, W&T Offshore Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it reached an agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana that resolves environmental violations related to the Company’s Ewing Banks 910 oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
| Item 9.01 | Exhibit. |
(d) Exhibit. The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:
| Exhibit No. |
Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release dated December 11, 2012. | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| W&T OFFSHORE, INC. (Registrant) | ||||||
| Dated: December 12, 2012 | By: | /s/ John D. Gibbons | ||||
| John D. Gibbons | ||||||
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer | ||||||