VAALCO Energy, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Note 4 - Segment Information (Details Textual)

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Note 4 - Segment Information (Details Textual) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022	May 16, 2022 USD ($)
Number of Reportable Segments	2
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Glencore [Member] \| Oil and Gas [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage	100.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Exxon [Member] \| Oil and Gas [Member]
Concentration Risk, Percentage		100.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Customer One [Member] \| CANADA
Concentration Risk, Percentage	59.00%
Customer Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Customer Two [Member] \| CANADA
Concentration Risk, Percentage	21.00%
Geographic Concentration Risk [Member] \| Revenue Benchmark [Member] \| Mercuria [Member] \| Oil and Gas [Member] \| EGYPT
Concentration Risk, Percentage	100.00%
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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