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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-08-027676
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080509
ITEM INFORMATION:		Results of Operations and Financial Condition
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080512
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080512

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000894627
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		IRS NUMBER:				760274813
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32167
		FILM NUMBER:		08822964

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4600 POST OAK PL STE 309
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77027
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-623-0801

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      Energy, Inc.</font></div>
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      Energy,
      Inc. (NYSE: EGY) (the "Company") announced that for the first quarter of 2008,
      net income was $1.8 million or $0.03 per diluted share compared to net income
      of
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      higher taxes and somewhat higher exploration costs in 2008. Discretionary cash
      flow (a non GAAP measure) was up 30 percent to $14.5 million compared to $11.2
      million in the first quarter of 2007.</font></font></div>
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      core operations, where we achieved an 11% increase in production from the Etame
      block complex during the first quarter of 2008 compared to the first quarter
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        Gabon on May 8, 2008 and should be installed by July. After the development
        drilling is completed towards the end of the year, the Ebouri field should
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        shareholders," continued Mr. Gerry.</font></div>
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      assessment studies are underway, with plans to build the drilling pads over
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      Company is also moving forward on the planning for a well on Angola Block 5
      during the first half of 2009. The consortium has identified four prospects
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      Company sold 446,000 net barrels of oil equivalent at an average price of $94.44
      per barrel during the first quarter of 2008 for revenues of $42.2 million,
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        lower. The Company also incurred $6.7 million of exploration costs in the
        first
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        quarter of 2007. Operating income was $24.1 million in the first quarter
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        cost recovery of the Avouma and South Thchibala development drilling program,
        which reduced taxable profit oil barrels. The higher tax rate in the first
        quarter of 2008 was the primary contributor to lower net income of $1.8 million
        compared to $4.6 million in the first quarter of 2007. With the planned
        expenditures to develop Ebouri and for the exploration program, we anticipate
        the tax rate will be lower during the remainder of the year.</font></div>
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        press release includes "forward-looking statements" as defined by the U.S.
        securities laws. Forward-looking statements are those concerning </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">VAALCO</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">'s
        plans,
        expectations, and objectives for future drilling, completion and other
        operations and activities. All statements included in this press release
        that
        address activities, events or developments that </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">VAALCO</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        expects,
        believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking
        statements. These statements include future production rates, completion
        and
        production timetables and costs to complete well. These statements are based
        on
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        based on
        its experience perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected
        future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate in the
        circumstances. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks
        and
        uncertainties, many of which are beyond </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">VAALCO</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">'s
        control. These risks include, but are not limited to, inflation, lack of
        availability of goods, services and capital, environmental risks, drilling
        risks, foreign operational risks and regulatory changes. Investors are cautioned
        that forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance
        and
        that actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected
        in the forward-looking statements. These risks are further described in
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">VAALCO</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">'s
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        Securities and Exchange Commission generally permits oil and gas companies,
        in
        filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved reserves that a company has
        demonstrated by actual production or conclusive formation tests to be
        economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating
        conditions. In this letter, we describe volumes of oil that we believe may
        be
        discovered in the future through our existing exploration program. These
        amounts
        are not proved reserves as defined by the SEC. These estimates are by their
        nature more speculative than estimates of proved reserves and accordingly
        are
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