HOUSTON, April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- W&T
Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced the promotions of Janet Yang to Vice President, Corporate &
Business Development and James
Hersch to Vice President, Geosciences.
Tracy Krohn, W&T Offshore's
Chairman and CEO, stated, "Both Janet and Jim have proven
themselves to be of great value to W&T and we are looking
forward to their continued contributions to our future
success."
Janet Yang has been with W&T
Offshore since 2008 and was most recently Director, Strategic
Planning & Analysis, a position she has held since
2012. Ms. Yang has over 15 years of finance, investment and
strategy experience in the energy industry. Prior to joining
W&T, Ms. Yang held positions in research and investment
analysis at BlackGold Capital, investment banking at Raymond James
and energy trading at Allegheny Energy. Ms. Yang received a
B.A. in Economics from Rice University
and an M.B.A. with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from
The University of Chicago Booth School
of Business.
James Hersch has been W&T
Offshore since 2010 and was most recently Director,
Geosciences. Mr. Hersch has over 35 years of experience as a
geologist and led exploration teams analyzing oil and gas producing
basins around the world for large and small companies, including
Exxon, Anadarko Petroleum and Century Petroleum. Immediately
prior to joining W&T, he was the Principal and Founder of a
private geological/geophysical consulting firm for international
and domestic North America
projects. Mr. Hersch is a licensed geologist and received a
B.A. in Geology from Appalachian State
University and an M.S. in Economic Geology from the
University of Tennessee.
About W&T Offshore
W&T Offshore, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas
producer with operations offshore in the Gulf of Mexico and has grown through
acquisitions, exploration and development. The Company
currently has working interests in approximately 52 fields in
federal and state waters (50 producing and two fields capable of
producing) and has under lease approximately 750,000 gross acres,
including approximately 490,000 gross acres on the Gulf of Mexico
Shelf and approximately 260,000 gross acres in the deepwater.
A majority of the Company's daily production is derived from wells
it operates. For more information on W&T Offshore, please
visit the Company's website at www.wtoffshore.com.
CONTACT:
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Danny
Gibbons
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Associates
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investorrelations@wtoffshore.com
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713-529-6600
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