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W&T Offshore Makes Executive Promotions

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   |    Thursday,April 20,2017

W&T Offshore announced the promotions of Janet Yang to Vice President, Corporate & Business Development and James Hersch to Vice President, Geosciences.

Janet Yang has been with W&T Offshore since 2008 and was most recently Director, Strategic Planning & Analysis, a position she has held since 2012. Ms. Yang has over 15 years of finance, investment and strategy experience in the energy industry. Prior to joining W&T, Ms. Yang held positions in research and investment analysis at BlackGold Capital, investment banking at Raymond James and energy trading at Allegheny Energy. Ms. Yang received a B.A. in Economics from Rice University and an M.B.A. with concentrations in Finance and Accounting from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

James Hersch has been W&T Offshore since 2010 and was most recently Director, Geosciences. Mr. Hersch has over 35 years of experience as a geologist and led exploration teams analyzing oil and gas producing basins around the world for large and small companies, including Exxon, Anadarko Petroleum and Century Petroleum. Immediately prior to joining W&T, he was the Principal and Founder of a private geological/geophysical consulting firm for international and domestic North America projects. Mr. Hersch is a licensed geologist and received a B.A. in Geology from Appalachian State University and an M.S. in Economic Geology from the University of Tennessee.