Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. to Make Presentation in Denver at the Oil & Gas Conference

HOUSTON, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 08/12/2011 -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRZO

A live video webcast of the presentation can be accessed over the internet by clicking on http://www.investorcalendar.com/CEPage.asp?ID=165446 or by visiting the Carrizo website at http://www.crzo.net/investors-home and then clicking on "EnerCom Denver 2011 Webcast." The presentation will be webcast live beginning at 11:45 AM MDT on Thursday, August 18. The conference presentation slide book will be available on the website coincident with Carrizo's presentation. The video of the presentation may be accessed at either link for 30 days following the event.

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 Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas, the Barnett Shale in North Texas, the Marcellus Shale in Appalachia, the Niobrara Formation in Colorado, and in proven onshore trends along the Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast regions. Carrizo is also actively developing its oil discovery known as the Huntington Field in the UK North Sea. Carrizo controls significant prospective acreage blocks and utilizes advanced drilling and completion technology along with sophisticated 3-D seismic techniques to identify potential oil and gas drilling opportunities and to optimize reserve recovery. 

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