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-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, Un2fwEB33AbNI31xiyHeNHuI3X7q8l/DtUKo2hR/h4/4ZTG0MRc37Fdt2vdEHp2S 0yJpzqYQ43wahA6w3NEcog== 0001181431-11-004055.txt : 20110119 0001181431-11-004055.hdr.sgml : 20110119 20110119111659 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001181431-11-004055 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110117 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110119 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110119 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: W&T OFFSHORE INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001288403 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 721121985 STATE OF INCORPORATION: TX FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: EIGHT GREENWAY PLZ STREET 2: STE 1330 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77046 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MELENDREZ JESUS G CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001351485 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32414 FILM NUMBER: 11534819 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE BRIARLAKE PLAZA, SUITE 2000 STREET 2: 2000 WEST SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY SOUTH CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77042 3 1 rrd297927.xml FORM 3 X0203 3 2011-01-17 0 0001288403 W&T OFFSHORE INC WTI 0001351485 MELENDREZ JESUS G NINE GREENWAY PLAZA SUITE 300 HOUSTON TX 77046 0 1 0 0 SVP & Chief Commercial Officer Common Stock 0 D Exhibit List -------------- Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Thomas F. Getten, attorney-in-fact 2011-01-19 EX-24.1 2 rrd267049_301445.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY rrd267049_301445.html

                                                                      Exhibit 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, I hereby appoint Tracy W. Krohn, Jamie L.
Vazquez, John D. Gibbons, Stephen L. Schroeder, Thomas F. Getten or any one of
them acting alone, to act as my agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of
completing, executing and filing on my behalf with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. or any other exchange or self
regulatory body, any Form 3 "Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of
Securities", Form 4 "Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership of
Securities", Form 5 "Annual Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities,"
any Schedule 13-D or 13-G, including any amendments, or any other similar form
to report securities ownership that may, in the opinion of any of them be
necessary, with respect to any transaction in securities of W&T Offshore, Inc.

Nothing herein shall relieve me of the responsibility for the accuracy of the
information and representations contained in any Form 3, Form 4, Form 5,
Schedule 13-D or 13-G, including any amendments, or other similar form
completed, executed and filed pursuant to this power of attorney.

This power of attorney shall supersede all similar prior powers of attorney and
will remain effective as to the agents and attorneys-in-fact referred to above
until I revoke or amend it by written notice to such persons or until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Form 3, Form 4, Form 5, Schedule 13-D
or 13-G, including any amendments, or other similar form completed, executed and
filed pursuant to this power of attorney.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed on this 17th day of January, 2011.

                                        /s/ Jesus G. Melendrez
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                                        Jesus G. Melendrez

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