Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. to Make Presentation in New York City at the Imperial Capital Global Opportunities Conference

HOUSTON, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 10/04/2011 -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRZO) will make a presentation at Imperial Capital's 5th Annual Global Opportunities Conference on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 2:55 PM EDT.

A live video webcast of Carrizo's presentation can be accessed over the internet by clicking on http://www.wsw.com/webcast/imperial8/ or by visiting the Carrizo website at http://www.crzo.net/investors-home and then clicking on "Imperial Capital 2011 webcast." The presentation will be webcast live beginning at 2:55 PM EDT on Thursday, October 6th. 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 90 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