Form 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): December 11, 2012

 

 

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)

713.626.8525

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 11, 2012, W&T Offshore Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it reached an agreement with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana that resolves environmental violations related to the Company’s Ewing Banks 910 oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Exhibit.

(d) Exhibit. The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:

 

Exhibit No.

   

Description

99.1    Press release dated December 11, 2012.

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.

 

   

W&T OFFSHORE, INC.

(Registrant)

Dated: December 12, 2012     By:  

/s/ John D. Gibbons

      John D. Gibbons
      Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer