Friday, February 13, 2009

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. to Make Presentation at the Independent Petroleum Association of America ('IPAA') Oil and Gas Investment Symposium in Florida

HOUSTON, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRZO) will make a presentation at the IPAA Oil and Gas Investment Symposium in Florida.

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A webcast of the presentation can be accessed on the Company website, www.crzo.net, clicking on "Links" and then clicking on "IPAA OGIS FLORIDA 2/18/09." The presentation will be webcast live beginning at 10:30 AM EDT on Wednesday, February 18, 2009.

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