W&T Offshore, Inc. reported the appointment of Jesus G. Melendrez as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer.

From 2003 to 2010, Mr. Melendrez worked at Mariner Energy, Inc. and served in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, culminating as Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer and acting Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. From February 2000 until July 2003, Mr. Melendrez was a Vice President of Enron North America Corp. in the Energy Capital Resources group, where he managed the group's portfolio of oil and gas investments. He was a Senior Vice President of Trading and Structured Finance with TXU Energy Services from 1997 to 2000. From 1992 to 1997, Mr. Melendrez was employed by Enron in various commercial positions in the areas of domestic oil and gas financing and international project development. From 1980 to 1992, Mr. Melendrez was employed by Exxon in various reservoir engineering and planning positions. Mr. Melendrez graduated from the University of Southern California with a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering in 1980 and a M.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering in 1986 and from the University of Houston with a Master of Business Administration degree in 1992.

"We are excited to attract an executive with such a wide range of talent and expertise. Jesus has many years of industry experience and knowledge and will instantly strengthen our management team," said Jamie Vazquez, President of W&T Offshore, Inc.

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