---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-028250"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EGY"
cik: "0000894627"
company_name: "VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/"
filed_at: "2023-10-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T23:44:17.174654+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# VAALCO Q3 production ~19,000 BOEPD at high end of guidance; cash doubles to >$100M

## Summary
- Produced nearly 19,000 NRI BOEPD in Q3 2023, at the upper end of guidance (17,500-19,200).
- Recorded sales of nearly 19,900 NRI BOEPD, at high end of guidance (18,400-20,600).
- Cash and cash equivalents more than doubled to over $100 million as of Sept. 30, 2023.
- Completed additional crude lifting in Gabon of ~600,000 gross barrels in early October.
- CEO cites strong cash flow generation to fund 2024 capex, dividends and buybacks.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-028250
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EGY
- cik: 0000894627
- company_name: VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
- filed_at: 2023-10-16T23:59:59+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/894627/000143774923028250/0001437749-23-028250-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894627/000143774923028250/egy20231016_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/ reported preliminary financial results for third quarter 2023.
  - Period: third quarter 2023
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: On October 16, 2023, VAALCO Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release providing an operational and financial update for the third quarter of 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/894627/000143774923028250/0001437749-23-028250-index.htm

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