Friday, January 30, 2009

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. to Make Presentation at the Credit Suisse Energy Summit in Vail, Colorado

HOUSTON, Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRZO) will make a presentation at the Credit Suisse Energy Summit in Vail, Colorado at 11:15 AM MST on Wednesday, February 4th, 2009.

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The conference is not being webcast; however, a visual copy of the presentation can be accessed on the Company website, www.crzo.net, clicking on "Links" and then clicking on "Credit Suisse Presentation" (visual only). The slide book will be available coincident with Carrizo's conference presentation.

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 Fayetteville and Marcellus.

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