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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000894627-15-000008
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150805
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150805
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150805

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:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32167
		FILM NUMBER:		151029585

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9800 RICHMOND AVE.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 700
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77042
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-499-1465

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		9800 RICHMOND AVE.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 700
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77042
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 31, 2015</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:20pt;">VAALCO Energy, Inc.</font><br /><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:20pt;"></font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">9800 Richmond Avenue, Suite 700</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Houston</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">, &nbsp;</font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">Texas</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Registrant&#x2019;s telephone number, including area code:&nbsp; </font><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:10pt;">(713) 623-0801</font>
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			<font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;">On July 31, 2015, the Board of Directors (the &#x201C;Board&#x201D;) of VAALCO Energy, Inc. (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;) elected Steven J. Pully as a member of the Board. Mr. Pully&#x2019;s current term will expire at the Company&#x2019;s next annual meeting of stockholders in 2016.</font>
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			<font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;">The Board has determined that Mr. Pully is an independent director under Sections 303A.02 and 303A.07 of the New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Manual and under Rule 10A-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Mr. Pully has been appointed as a member of the Audit Committee of the Board. </font>
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			<font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;">There are no understandings or arrangements between Mr. Pully and any other person pursuant to which Mr. Pully was elected to serve as a director of the Company. There are no relationships between Mr. Pully and the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would require disclosure pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K. </font>
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			<font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;">As a non-employee director, Mr. Pully will receive compensation in accordance with the Company&#x2019;s policies for compensating non-employee directors, including any long-term equity incentive awards under the Company&#x2019;s Long Term Incentive Plan. In connection with Mr. Pully&#x2019;s election to the Board, he will receive an initial equity award of 36,000 shares of common stock and an annual equity award of common stock beginning in 2016 having a value of approximately $80,000. The shares of common stock will be issued under the Company&#x2019;s 2014 Long Term Incentive Plan.</font>
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			<font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Item 8.01</font><font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Other Events.</font>
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			<font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;">On August </font><font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;">4</font><font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;">, 2015, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had authorized a share repurchase program allowing the Company to repurchase up to 5.8 million shares of the Company&#x2019;s common stock through February 3, 2017. Under the share repurchase program, the Company&#x2019;s common stock could be purchased on the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise in compliance with all of the conditions of Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The timing of the common stock repurchased will be at the discretion of management and will depend on a number of factors, including price, market conditions and regulatory requirements. The Company retains the right to limit, terminate or extend the share repurchase program at any time without prior notice. Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein is the press release announcing the approval of the share repurchase program. </font>
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			<font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Item 9.01</font><font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-size:10pt;;font-size: 10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Financial Statements and Exhibits.</font>
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						<font style="font-weight:bold;display: inline;font-weight:normal;font-size:10pt;">Press Release, dated August 4, 2015</font></p>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:10pt;">&nbsp;Date: August 5, 2015</font></p>
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			<a name="_GoBack"></a><font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:13pt;">VAALCO Energy Authorizes Share Buyback Program</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">HOUSTON, Aug. 4, 2015 /</font><font style="display: inline;color:#000000;">PRNewswire</font><font style="display: inline;">/ --&nbsp;VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY) announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized the repurchase of up to 5.8 million shares of the Company's common stock, which represents approximately 10% of the Company's outstanding common stock, in open market transactions from time to time during the upcoming 18-month period and in accordance with the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">Steve Guidry, VAALCO's Chairman and CEO, commented, "We are pleased to announce this buyback as it underscores our confidence in the strength of our balance sheet, quality of our assets and our ongoing ability to generate cash flow. At recent market price levels, we believe our common shares represent an excellent opportunity to buy at a significant discount and are a highly attractive investment. We will continue to review additional opportunities to increase shareholder value."</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">The share buyback program does not obligate the Company to acquire any specific number of shares in any period, and may be expanded, extended, modified or discontinued at any time. Payment for shares repurchased under the program will be funded using the Company's cash on hand. At the end of the first quarter, the Company had outstanding approximately 58 million shares of common stock issued and outstanding.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;font-weight:bold;">About VAALCO</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">VAALCO Energy, Inc. is a Houston-based independent energy company principally engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of crude oil.&nbsp; VAALCO's strategy is to increase reserves and production through the exploration and exploitation of oil and natural gas properties with high emphasis on international opportunities.&nbsp; The company's properties and exploration acreage are located primarily in Gabon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea in West Africa.</font>
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			<font style="display: inline;">This document includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are those concerning VAALCO's plans, expectations, and objectives for future drilling, completion and other operations and activities. All statements included in this document that address activities, events or developments that VAALCO expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These statements include expected capital expenditures, future drilling plans, prospect evaluations, liquidity, negotiations with governments and third parties, expectations regarding processing facilities, and reserve growth. These statements are based on assumptions made by VAALCO 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 VAALCO's control. These risks include, but are not limited to, oil and gas price volatility, </font>
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		<p style="margin:5pt 0pt;background-color: #FFFFFF;line-height:100%;font-family:Times New Roman;;font-size: 12pt"><font style="display: inline;">inflation, general economic conditions, the Company's success in discovering, developing and producing reserves, lack of availability of goods, services and capital, environmental risks, drilling risks, foreign operational risks, and regulatory changes. These and other risks are further described in VAALCO's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2015, annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, and other reports filed with the SEC which can be reviewed at </font><font style="display: inline;color:#F37C30;text-decoration:underline;">http://www.sec.gov</font><font style="display: inline;">, or which can be received by contacting VAALCO at 9800 Richmond Avenue, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77042, (713) 623-0801. 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. VAALCO disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.</font>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:13pt;">Gregory R. Hullinger</font></p>
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						<font style="display: inline;font-size:13pt;">713-543-3422</font></p>
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