HOUSTON, Aug. 11 /EMWNews/ -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.

(Nasdaq: CRZO) will make a presentation at EnerCom's 2008 The Oil & Gas

Conference in Denver.



    



    A live webcast of the presentation can be viewed by accessing the

Company website, http://www.crzo.net, clicking on "Links" and then clicking

on "Oil & Gas Conference 8/12/08." The presentation will begin at 8:50 AM

MDT (10:50 AM EDT) on Tuesday, August 12, 2008.



    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 proven trends in the Barnett Shale area in

North Texas and along the onshore Texas and Louisiana Gulf Coast regions.

The Company is also engaged in exploration and development activities in

the U.K. North Sea. Carrizo controls significant prospective acreage blocks

and utilizes advanced 3-D seismic techniques to identify potential oil and

gas reserves and drilling opportunities.






     Contact: Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.

              B. Allen Connell, Director of Investor Relations

              Paul F. Boling, Chief Financial Officer

              (713) 328-1000