HOUSTON, Texas, May 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRZO) will hold a conference call to discuss 2009 first quarter financial results on Monday, May 11, 2009 at 10:00 AM Central Standard Time. Carrizo plans to issue an earnings press release prior to the market opening on Monday, May 11, 2009.

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    Date & Time:                Monday, May 11 at 10:00 AM Central Standard
                                Time

    Dial-In Number:            (800) 936-4761 (U.S. & Canada)

                               (212) 231-2907 (Intl./Local)

    Telephone Replay Number:   (800) 633-8284 (U.S. & Canada)

                               (402) 977-9140 (Intl./Local)

    Enter Replay Reservation #: 21424609 for U.S., Canadian and International
                                callers.

    Replay available through Monday, May 18, 2009 at 11:59 AM Central Standard
    Time.

A simultaneous webcast of the call may be accessed over the internet at http://www.investorcalendar.com/IC/CEPage.asp?ID=144877 or by visiting our website at http://www.crzo.net/ clicking on "Links" and then clicking on "2009 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call Webcast". To listen, please go to either website in time to register and install any necessary software. The webcast will be archived for replay on the Carrizo website for 15 days.

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

SOURCE Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.