Edgar Filing: W&T OFFSHORE INC

W&T OFFSHORE, INC.

(Registrant)

Dated: June 1, 2011

/s/ John D. Gibbons

John D. Gibbons

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer

Form 8-K

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) May 26, 2011

W&T Offshore, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

1-32414

(Commission File Number)


Texas		72-1121985
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(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):

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 7.01

Regulation FD.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the following information, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall such information and exhibit be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

On May 26, 2011, W&T Offshore, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the commencement of a tender offer and consent solicitation for any and all of its 8.25% senior notes due 2014. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

Item 8.01

Other Events.

On May 26, 2011, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had commenced a private placement of senior notes due 2019. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

Item 9.01

Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Description

99.1		Press release dated May 26, 2011 announcing commencement of tender offer and consent solicitation for 8.25% senior notes due 2014.

99.2		Press release dated May 26, 2011 announcing commencement of private placement of senior notes due 2019.

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.