VAALCO Energy, Inc. Announces Agreement to Divest Non-Core Asset

HOUSTON, Feb. 05, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY, LSE: EGY) (“Vaalco” or the “Company”) today announced that it had entered into an agreement for the sale of all of its non-core producing properties in Canada to a third party for approximately $35.0 million Canadian Dollars (USD $25.6 million), subject to customary closing adjustments (the "Canadian Asset Sale"). The Canadian properties current working interest (“WI”) production is approximately at 1,850 barrels of oil equivalent per day (“BOEPD”). The effective date of the Canadian Asset Sale is February 1, 2026, and it is expected to close within the next 30 days, subject to satisfaction of the customary closing conditions.

George Maxwell, Vaalco’s Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Over the past several years, we have worked to increase liquids production in Canada, improve operational and drilling efficiencies, drilled some successful wells and generated $82 million Canadian Dollars (USD $64 million) in operational cash flow since our acquisition. While we believe that the Canadian assets are solid, we have decided to focus on our core assets with significant drilling campaigns and continued upside. With all of the recent successes in our assets and continued large scale drilling campaigns underway or planned in those areas, we determined that now was the right time to sell. This non-core asset sale for $35.0 million Canadian Dollars is equal to 2.7x¹ of our trailing 12 months operational cash flow and does not impact our borrowing base which allows us to focus on core opportunities. We are excited about the future and believe that Vaalco has many high-quality assets with significant drilling and development opportunities that we expect to generate meaningful value for our shareholders for many years to come.”

About Vaalco

Vaalco, founded in 1985 and incorporated under the laws of Delaware, is a Houston, Texas, USA based, independent energy company with a diverse portfolio of production, development and exploration assets across Gabon, Egypt, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.

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Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from future results expressed, projected or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: risks relating to any unforeseen liabilities of Vaalco; the ability to generate cash flows that, along with cash on hand, will be sufficient to support operations and cash requirements; risks relating to the timing and costs of completion for scheduled maintenance of the FPSO servicing the Baobab field; and the risks described under the caption “Risk Factors” in Vaalco’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Any forward-looking statement made by Vaalco in this press release is based only on information currently available to Vaalco and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. Except as may be required by applicable securities laws, Vaalco undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be 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 Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 on market abuse which is part of UK domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (“MAR”) and is made in accordance with the Company’s obligations under article 17 of MAR. The person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement on behalf of Vaalco is Matthew Powers, Corporate Secretary of Vaalco.

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1</sup>Based on 12-month unaudited operational cash flow of approximately $9.7 million USD for the Canadian assets for the period ended December 31, 2025.