HOUSTON, February 5, 2026 (Globe Newswire) — VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY, LSE: EGY) (“Vaalco” or the “Company”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell all of its non-core production properties located in Canada to a third party for approximately C$35 million (US$25.6 million), subject to customary closing adjustments. “Canadian Asset Sale”). The current operating interest (“WI”) production of the Canadian properties is approximately 1,850 barrels of oil equivalent per day (“BOEPD”). The effective date of the Canadian Asset Sale is February 1, 2026, and is expected to close within the next 30 days, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
George Maxwell, Chief Executive Officer of Vaalco, said: “Over the past several years, we have worked to increase liquids production in Canada, improve operational and drilling efficiencies, successfully drilled several wells, and generated an operating capital of C$82 million (US$64 million) since the acquisition. Although we believe our Canadian assets are strong, we have decided to focus on our core assets with a major drilling campaign and continue to move upwards due to all the recent successes and continued large scale in our assets. With drilling campaigns underway or planned in these areas, this C$35 million non-core asset sale represents 2.7x our trailing 12-month operating cash flow and will not impact our debt base, so we are excited about the future and believe Vaalco has a number of high-quality assets with significant drilling and development opportunities that we expect to create meaningful value for our shareholders for many years to come. ”
About Varco
Founded in 1985 and incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware, Vaalco is an independent energy company headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA with a diverse portfolio of production, development and exploration assets spanning Gabon, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.
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Vaalco Energy, Inc. (General and Investor Inquiries) +00 1 713 543 3422 Website: www.vaalco.com Al Petrie Advisors (US Investor Relations) +00 1 713 543 3422 Al Petrie / Chris Delange Burson Buchanan (UK Financial Relations) +44 (0) 207 466 5000 Ben Romney / Barry Archer
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Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed, projected or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks related to Vaalco’s unanticipated liabilities; our ability, together with our cash reserves, to generate sufficient cash flow to support our business operations and cash needs; risks related to the timing and cost of completing planned maintenance for FPSOs serving baobab fields; and the risks described under the caption “Risk Factors” in Vaalco’s most recent annual report (Form 10-K.29dk2902l).
The forward-looking statements made by Vaalco in this press release are based solely on information currently available to Vaalco and speak only as of the date on which they are made. Except as required by applicable securities laws, Vaalco undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
inside information
This announcement contains inside information as defined in the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014, which is part of UK domestic law under the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“MAR”), and is made in accordance with our obligations under Article 17 of the MAR. Matthew Powers, Vaalco’s corporate secretary, is responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of Vaalco.
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1 Based on Canadian assets’ 12-month unaudited operating cash flows of approximately $9.7 million for the period ended December 31, 2025.
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