HOUSTON, July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) (the “Company”) today announced that Tracy Krohn, W&T’s Founder, Chairman, CEO and President will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on Monday, August 4, 2025, to commemorate the Company’s 20^th anniversary as a NYSE-listed company. W&T’s Board of Directors and senior management team will also participate in the ceremony. Live coverage of the event will begin on Monday, August 4, 2025, at 3:55 p.m. ET and will be available for streaming at www.NYSE.com/bell. An archived version of the ceremony will be posted to W&T’s Web site, www.wtoffshore.com, in the “Investors” section on the “Overview” page under “News and Events”.

Tracy Krohn commented, “It is truly an honor to ring the NYSE closing bell in celebration of our 20^th anniversary as a publicly traded company. I want to express my gratitude to each member of our Board of Directors, our management team and all of our dedicated employees across the Company for their invaluable contributions to W&T’s success since its inception. It has been an incredible journey these past 42 years, from our founding in 1983, our IPO in 2005, to now celebrating this milestone occasion. Throughout our history, we have remained committed to responsible energy production and being a staunch and vocal advocate for the offshore Gulf of America sector of the energy industry where we have been primarily focused since we began operations. Looking ahead, I remain excited about W&T’s future as we continue to execute and improve upon our unique and resilient business model.

About W&T Offshore

W&T Offshore, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas producer with operations offshore in the Gulf of America and has grown through acquisitions, exploration and development. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had working interests in 52 fields in federal and state waters (which include 45 fields in federal waters and seven in state waters). The Company has under lease approximately 634,700 gross acres (496,900 net acres) spanning across the outer continental shelf off the coasts of Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama, with approximately 487,200 gross acres on the conventional shelf, approximately 141,900 gross acres in the deepwater and 5,600 gross acres in Alabama state waters. A majority of the Company’s daily production is derived from wells it operates. For more information on W&T, please visit the Company’s website at www.wtoffshore.com.