Exhibit 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PETROLEUM ENGINEERS AND GEOLOGISTS
As independent consultants, Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. hereby consents to the incorporation by reference in the Current Report on Form 8-K of W&T Offshore, Inc. to be filed on or about July 12, 2006, of information from the reserve report with respect to the reserves of certain Kerr-McGee Properties dated April 7, 2006, and entitled “Estimate of Reserves and Future Revenue to Kerr-McGee Oil & Gas (Shelf) LLC Interest in Certain Oil and Gas Properties Located in State and Federal Waters Gulf of Mexico as of September 30, 2005.”
NETHERLAND SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ G. Lance Binder | |||||||
Dallas, Texas July 12, 2006 | G. Lance Binder Executive Vice President | |||||||