W&T Offshore Announces Appointment of General Counsel
September 03 2024 - 6:45AM
W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) (“W&T” or the “Company”)
today announced the appointment of George J. Hittner as Executive
Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, effective
September 1, 2024. Mr. Hittner brings a unique and extensive
combination of legal, corporate and legislative experience in both
the public and private sectors.
Tracy W. Krohn, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, commented, “We are excited to have George join our
executive team at W&T. His twenty-plus years serving as an
attorney in law firms, as general counsel, and in government will
help continue to propel W&T’s strategic goals.”
Before founding his own law firm in 2017, Mr.
Hittner worked as general counsel, corporate secretary, and senior
vice president for governmental relations at Mesa, Arizona-based
American Traffic Solutions, Inc. (“ATS”) (now Verra Mobility
Corporation, NASDAQ: VRRM), the North American market leader in
traffic photo enforcement safety equipment. At ATS, Mr. Hittner
managed the company’s full spectrum of legal and legislative
affairs, including supervising external law firms and external
consultants and lobbyists across numerous states, territories, and
Canadian provinces. Included amongst his achievements, Mr. Hittner
was named “Litigator of the Year” in 2013 by the Arizona chapter,
Association of Corporate Counsel.
Mr. Hittner has also worked as a White House
appointee at both the U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Department
of Transportation. Earlier in his career, Mr. Hittner worked for a
major Texas-based law firm, where his focus was business litigation
and employment and labor law. A native Texan, Mr. Hittner is an
Eagle Scout and has been active on both the local and national
levels with the Boy Scouts of America. He is also the founder of
the Houston Firefighters Foundation as well as the Wentworth
Military Academy Museum.
Mr. Hittner received a Bachelor of Science
degree from Texas A&M University, a Juris Doctor degree from
The University of Texas School of Law, a Master of Public Affairs
from The University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, and a Master of Business Administration from The
University of Virginia Darden School of Business.
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. As
of June 30, 2024, the Company had working interests in 63 fields in
federal and state waters (which include 55 fields in federal waters
and eight in state waters). The Company has under lease
approximately 678,100 gross acres (520.400 net acres) spanning
across the outer continental shelf off the coasts of Louisiana,
Texas, Mississippi and Alabama, with approximately 519,000 gross
acres on the conventional shelf, approximately 153,500 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.
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Sameer
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Investor Relations Coordinator |
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Executive VP and CFO |
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investorrelations@wtoffshore.com |
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sparasnis@wtoffshore.com |
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713-297-8024 |
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713-513-8654 |
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