HOUSTON, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRZO) will make a presentation at the FIG Partners Dandy Dozen 2009 Institutional Investment Conference in New York City at 11:30 AM on January 8th, 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 "FIG Partners 2009 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

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