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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-158581
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130417
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130417
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20130417

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32167
		FILM NUMBER:		13766782

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

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4600 POST OAK PL STE 309
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77027
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SCHEDULE 14A
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>(Amendment No. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed by the
Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Filed by
a Party other than the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check the
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Preliminary Proxy Statement</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Definitive Proxy Statement</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Definitive Additional Materials</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>VAALCO ENERGY, INC. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:2%; text-indent:-2%" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Name of Registrant
as Specified In Its Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Name of Person(s)
Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</FONT></P>
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filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined):</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Supplement to Notice of the Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Annual Meeting </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Supplement provides
updated information with respect to the 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or the &#147;Meeting&#148; of VAALCO Energy, Inc., or the &#147;Company,&#148; to be held on June&nbsp;5, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., local time at the St. Regis Houston Hotel,
1919 Briar Oaks Lane, Houston, Texas 77027 for purposes set forth in the Notice of 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders dated April&nbsp;10, 2013, or the &#147;Notice.&#148; Except as specifically amended or supplemented by the information contained
in this Supplement, all information set forth in the Notice, Proxy Statement and proxy card remain accurate and should be considered in voting your shares. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Withdrawal of Nominee for Election as Director </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On April&nbsp;12, 2013,
Mr.&nbsp;Robert&nbsp;H. Allen notified the Board of Directors that due to other time commitments, he has withdrawn his name for nomination for re-election at the Meeting and will retire from the Company&#146;s Board of Directors effective
June&nbsp;5, 2013. The Company&#146;s Board expects to evaluate suitable candidates and appoint a replacement director after the 2013 annual meeting. Proxy voting forms already returned by stockholders will remain valid and shares represented
thereby will be voted at the Meeting unless revoked. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Election of Directors </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Agenda Item&nbsp;1 for the Meeting consists of the election of Directors to serve until our 2013 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their
death, resignation or removal. Because Mr.&nbsp;Allen will no longer stand for re-election, shares represented by proxy voting forms received by the Company will be voted for the remaining six (6)&nbsp;nominees as instructed on the proxy card and
will not be voted for Mr.&nbsp;Allen. The following are the Board&#146;s nominees for election as Directors: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Robert L. Gerry III</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1997</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">W. Russell Scheirman</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Frederick W. Brazelton</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2008</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Luigi P. Caflisch</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">O. Donaldson Chapoton</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John J. Myers</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2010</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Biographical information with respect to all nominees and share ownership information with respect to all nominees is set
forth in the Proxy Statement under the captions &#147;Directors, Nominees and Executive Officers&#148; and &#147;Information on Stock Ownership.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Other Matters </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">None of the other agenda items presented in the Proxy Statement are
affected by this Supplement, and you should carefully review the Proxy Statement prior to voting your shares. The Company knows of no matters to be submitted to the Meeting other than those presented in the Proxy Statement, as amended and
supplemented by this Supplement. If any other matters properly come before the Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named on the proxy card to vote the shares they represent in accordance with their best judgment on each of such matters.
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ W. Russell Scheirman</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">W. Russell Scheirman</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>President and Chief Operating Officer</I></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Houston, Texas </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">April&nbsp;17, 2013 </FONT></P>
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