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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000894627-26-000020"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EGY"
cik: "0000894627"
company_name: "VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:15:26.161521+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Vaalco reports Etame 14H well flowed ~4,850 gross BOPD; Baobab restart on track for Q2 2026

## Summary
- Etame 14H development well achieved initial flow rate ~4,850 gross BOPD (2,850 net to Vaalco) with 325m net pay in Gamba sands.
- Rig mobilized to Ebouri platform; drilling commenced on EEBOM-5H development well targeting attic position.
- Baobab FPSO arrived in Côte d'Ivoire April 2 after refurbishment; full reconnection underway, restart expected Q2 2026.
- CEO cites profitable remainder of 2026 driven by Gabon drilling success and Baobab production returning online.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000894627-26-000020
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EGY
- cik: 0000894627
- company_name: VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2026-04-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894627/000089462726000020/0000894627-26-000020-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894627/000089462726000020/egy-20260421.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000894627-26-000020
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000894627-26-000020.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000894627-26-000020.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/ reported preliminary financial results for the first quarter of 2026.
  - Period: the first quarter of 2026
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On April 21, 2026, VAALCO Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing certain operational results for the first quarter of 2026.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894627/000089462726000020/0000894627-26-000020-index.htm

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