HOUSTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRZO) announced today that the Company's Chief Operating Officer, Brad Fisher, will make a presentation at the Johnson Rice Energy Conference on October 7, 2009 at 8:30 AM CDT.

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The presentation will not be webcast. A copy of the presentation slide book will be available on the Carrizo website coincident with the conference presentation. Access the slides by visiting http://www.crzo.net/, clicking on "Investor Relations" and then clicking on "Johnson Rice Presentation 10/7/09."

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. is a Houston-based energy company actively engaged in the exploration, development, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas primarily in the Barnett Shale in North Texas and in proven onshore trends along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast regions. Carrizo controls significant prospective acreage blocks and utilizes advanced 3-D seismic techniques to identify potential oil and gas reserves and drilling opportunities. Carrizo also controls large acreage positions in other productive shale resource plays including the Marcellus and Fayetteville.

    Contact:   Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.
               Richard Hunter, Vice President of Investor Relations
               Paul F. Boling, Chief Financial Officer
              (713) 328-1000

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