Edgar Filing: W&T OFFSHORE INC

W&T OFFSHORE, INC.

(Registrant)

Dated: May 27, 2014

/s/ John D. Gibbons

John D. Gibbons

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

and Chief Accounting Officer

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 20, 2014

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) (Zip Code)

713.626.8525

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the following information shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, nor shall such information 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 filing.

On May 20, 2014, W&T Offshore, Inc. issued a press release announcing that its wholly owned subsidiary, W&T Energy VI, LLC, completed the acquisition of exploration and production properties in the deepwater of the Gulf of Mexico from Woodside Energy (USA) Inc. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibit.


Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release dated May 20, 2014.

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.