Recent Study: W&T Offshore Inc Valuation Report, June 2010 - Strategic and Operational Analysis

July 18, 2010 - PRLog -- W&T Offshore Inc (W&T) is an independent energy company actively involved in the acquisition, exploitation, exploration and development of crude oil and natural gas resources in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) in the US. The company has acquired significant technical expertise in the GoM as it has been operating in this region since its inception. This region has high production rates associated with hydrocarbon deposits and provides the company with prospects to achieve a high return on investments. W&T is continuing its focus on the conventional shelf in order to develop capital projects that generate high returns in both the deep water and deep shelf of the GoM

Scope

* Investment Thesis: This section highlights the companies new ventures, liquidity issues, assets analysis, hedging, new projects details, capex funding, geographical results of oil and gas operations, and other related analysis.     *
Goals and Strategies: Provide highlights on their existing and upcoming challenges with the possible strategies.  *
SWOT: This section highlights the companies internal strength, weakness, opportunities and threats to better understand their position in the market *
Production and Development profile: This section highlights the companies' forecasted crude oil and natural gas production from their existing and upcoming assets. It also covers the detailed information and analysis on the producing and development assets.    *
Exploration and M&A trends: This section includes exploration assets information resulted due to new discoveries, new drilling and other activities. Additionally, M&A section highlights the companies' recent assets transactions, joint ventures, acquisition, and divestment activities during the specified period.    *
Financial Forecast and Valuation: This section highlights the detailed financial forecast of the companies for coming five years. This section also provides intrinsic value of the companies' by using different valuation techniques.   *
Peer Group: This section compares peer group performance with the main companies on the basis of share prices, financial ratios, operational and financial parameters and other related activities.

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* Provide detailed analysis to those who are interested in knowing the companies' existing and future business strategies. *
Provide in-depth analysis on the companies E&P profiles along with the exploration and M&A updates.  *
Provide valuable insights to those who are tracking oil and gas markets and wants to know the intrinsic value of the companies.      *
Use the analysis for strategy and planning, M&A identifications, and competitor analysis."

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Partial Table of Contents:

1 Table of contents 3
1.1 List of Tables 6
1.2 List of Figures 7
2 W&T Offshore Inc, Company Overview 9
3 W&T Offshore Inc, Watchlist for 2010 12
4 W&T Offshore Inc, Investment Summary 13
4.1 Less Dependence on External Funds; Utilizing Operating Cash Flows to Meet Its Capex Requirements 13
4.2 Utilizing Historical Expertise in Acquisitions to Acquire Potential Assets 15
4.3 Declining Acreage Posing Threat to RP Ratio; Better Acreage Portfolio Compared to its Peers 16
4.4 Liquidity Constraints; Improving Global Economies are Likely to Strengthen W&T's Liquidity Position Going Forward 18
4.5 Mahogany Ship Shoal 349 - Matured Asset; Nonetheless to Contribute to W&T's Reserve and Production 19
4.5.1 Gulf of Mexico, Fiscal System 20
5 W&T Offshore Inc, SWOT Analysis 21
5.1 Strengths 21
5.1.1 Technical Expertise in Gulf of Mexico Region 21
5.1.2 Strong Asset Portfolio in Gulf of Mexico 21
5.2 Weakness 21
5.2.1 Low Reserve - Production (R/P) Ratio Indicating Less Reserves Being Added 21
5.2.2 Declining Financial Margins 21
5.3 Opportunities 21
5.3.1 Expansion through Inorganic Growth 21
5.3.2 Rising Deep Water E&P Activities 22
5.4 Threats 22
5.4.1 Higher Risk Associated With Deepwater Drilling Projects 22
5.4.2 Less Diversified Portfolio 22
6 W&T Offshore Inc, Goals and Strategies 23
6.1 W&T Continues to Build Reserves through Acquisitions in Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Region 23
6.2 W&T Maintained Sustainable Liquidity; Striving To Improve Margins By Divesting Non-Core Assets and Cost Reduction Initiatives 23
7 W&T Offshore Inc, Production Overview 24
7.1 Production Profile 24
7.2 Assets Portfolio 25
7.2.1 "Mahogany" Ship Shoal 349 25
7.2.2 Main Pass 108 Field 25
7.2.3 Brazos A-133 Field 26
7.2.4 East Cameron 321 Field 26
7.2.5 'Daniel Boone' Green Canyon Block 646 26
7.3 Costs Incurred 27
8 W&T Offshore Inc, Exploration and Development Overview 28
9 W&T Offshore Inc, M&A Highlights 30
10 W&T Offshore Inc, Outlook 31
11 W&T Offshore Inc, Forecasted Production and Financial Statements 32
11.1 Income Statement (2007-2014E) 33
11.2 Balance Sheet (2007-2014E) 34
11.3 Cash Flow Statement (2007-2014E) 35
11.4 Financial Ratios 36
12 W&T Offshore Inc, Valuation 38
12.1 Net Asset Value 38
13 W&T Offshore Inc, Peer Comparision 42

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