About VAALCO Energy
VAALCO Energy, Inc. is a Houston, Texas-based independent energy company principally engaged in the production, development, and acquisition of oil and natural gas properties in West and North Africa and western Canada. VAALCO’s strategy is to increase reserves and production through the development and exploitation of international oil and natural gas properties, with a primary focus on Africa. The Company’s properties are located offshore Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, onshore Egypt, and western Canada.
VAALCO Vision
Sustained growth in shareholder value by first maximizing our reserves and production performance across our portfolio and then growing by leveraging our in-house talent, operational infrastructure and technical expertise.
VAALCO Energy Corporate Values
- Focus on HSE
- Honesty/Integrity
- Treating People Fairly
- High Performance
- Efficient and Effective Processes
- Open Communication
- Respected in our Local Communities
Our Strategy
Our strategy is to utilize our technical expertise and operational infrastructure, with a focus on developing our resources in our producing assets in Gabon, Egypt and Canada, assessing our resource potential and development options in Equatorial Guinea and expanding into new development opportunities. Our growth will come from a mixture of organic and inorganic opportunities.
We are committed to driving stockholder value by:
- Operating in a safe and environmentally responsible manner
- Increasing operational efficiency and minimizing costs
- Leveraging our existing infrastructure, technical expertise, and experience as a West Africa operator overseeing production facilities and major projects
- Drilling wells and performing workovers across our African and Canadian assets
- Progressing development plans in Equatorial Guinea
- Acquiring discovered, underdeveloped and low-risk resources in Africa
- Evaluating value accretive merger and acquisition opportunities
- Enhancing margins and adding value
1985
Founded by Virgil A Walston and Charles Alcorn
1998
Discovered Etame field
2002
First oil from Etame field
2004
Discovered Avouma and Ebouri fields
2007
First oil from Avouma field
2009
First oil from Ebouri field
2011
Discovered Southeast Etame field
2014
Installed Etame and SEENT platforms
2015
Five new wells drilled to increase production to over 20,000 BOPD
2017
Produced 100 millionth barrel of oil
2018
Committed to another twenty-year partnership with the Republic of Gabon
2019
Listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange
2021
Acquisition of Sasol's Interest in Etame
2022
Implemented new, lower cost FSO solution and field reconfiguration at Etame
Executed strategic business combination with TransGlobe Energy
2024
Acquired Svenska Petroleum Exploration AB