Form: 10KSB

Optional form for annual and transition reports of small business issuers [Section 13 or 15(d), not S-B Item 405]

March 31, 2003

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Published on March 31, 2003


EXHIBIT 99.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of VAALCO Energy, Inc. (the "Company")
on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2002, as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Robert
L. Gerry, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
(s) 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002,
that to my knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a)
or 15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.



Dated: March 31, 2003


/s/ Robert L. Gerry
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Robert L. Gerry, Chief Executive Officer