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W&T Offshore Announces Acquisition Of Callon Petroleum Assets
W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Callon Petroleum Operating Company ("Callon") to acquire substantially all of Callon's exploration and production properties in the Gulf of Mexico. The transaction includes a 15% working interest in the Medusa field (deepwater Mississippi Canyon blocks 538 and 582), a 10% membership interest in Medusa Spar LLC (which owns a 75% interest in the Medusa field's production facilities) and various interests in 12 non-operated Gulf of Mexico fields.

W&T Offshore To Acquire Offshore Blocks From Newfield Exploration
W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Newfield Exploration Company and its subsidiary, Newfield Exploration Gulf Coast LLC ("Newfield") to acquire all of Newfield's exploration and production properties in the Gulf of Mexico. The transaction includes 78 federal offshore lease blocks on approximately 432,700 gross acres. There are 65 blocks in the deepwater, six of which are producing; 10 blocks on the conventional shelf, four of which are producing; and an overriding royalty interest in three deepwater blocks, two of which are producing. Total undeveloped acreage is approximately 312,000 gross acres, 91% of which is in deepwater. The purchase price is $228 million (subject to customary effective date adjustments) and the assumption of future asset retirement obligations. The effective date of the transaction is July 1, 2012. The transaction is estimated to close on or around October 1, 2012. The acquisition will be funded from W&T's available cash on hand and revolving credit facility.