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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES Abandonment funding Gabon Under the terms of the Etame PSC, the Company has a cash funding arrangement for the eventual abandonment of all offshore wells, platforms and facilities on the Etame Marin block. As a result of the PSC Extension, annual funding payments are spread over the life of the Etame Marin Block, under the applicable abandonment study. The amounts paid will be reimbursed through the Cost Account and are non-refundable. In August 2023, a new abandonment study was completed and such study estimated abandonment costs of approximately $77.9 million ($45.9 million, net to VAALCO) on an undiscounted basis. The new abandonment estimate was presented to the Gabonese Directorate of Hydrocarbons as required by the PSC. At December 31, 2024, $10.7 million ($6.3 million, net to VAALCO) on an undiscounted basis has been funded. The annual payments will be adjusted based on revisions in the abandonment estimate. This cash funding is reflected under “Other noncurrent assets” in the “Abandonment funding” line item of the consolidated balance sheets. Future changes to the anticipated abandonment cost estimate could change the asset retirement obligation and the amount of future abandonment funding payments. In the first quarter of 2023, the Directorate of Hydrocarbons in Gabon approved a $26.6 million ($15.6 million, net to VAALCO) abandonment funding payment associated with the FPSO retirement. The Company received payment of $15.6 million in March 2023. No other activity occurred in the abandonment funding account during the remainder of 2023 and in 2024. The Company is working with the Directorate of Hydrocarbons in Gabon to establish a payment schedule to resume funding of the abandonment fund in compliance with the Etame PSC. FPSO charter As operator of the Etame Marin block, the Company chartered a floating production storage and offtake vessel (“FPSO”), from Tinworth for use in its operations. In the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company reached a settlement agreement with Tinworth to release the Company from any further obligation relating to the FPSO. The signed settlement agreement required the Company and other non-operators to pay an additional $8.0 million gross ($4.7 million net to VAALCO) to Tinworth in exchange for the release. The $8.0 million payment was made on December 22, 2023. In connection with the above settlement, on January 22, 2024, certain funds held in escrow as part of the FPSO agreements were released to the Company and its non-operating partners. VAALCO's share of this restricted cash amount was $1.8 million. Regulatory and Joint Interest Audits and Related Matters The Company is subject to periodic audits by various government agencies from the international jurisdictions where we operate, including audits by the respective governments and other members of the Company's joint operating agreements. Merged Concession Agreement The Company is a party to the Merged Concession Agreement with the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (“EGPC”). In accordance with the Merged Concession Agreement, we are required to make $10.0 million annual modernization payments through February 1, 2026. The $10.0 million modernization payment due February 1, 2024, was offset against receivables owed to the Company from EGPC. On the consolidated balance sheet, $9.9 million of the modernization payment liability was recorded in the line item "Accrued liabilities and other" and $9.2 million was recorded in “Other long-term liabilities”. In accordance with the Merged Concession Agreement, we agreed to substitute the 2023 and 2024 payment and issue two $10.0 million credits against receivables owed from EGPC. The Company also has minimum financial work commitments of $50.0 million per each five-year period of the primary development term, commencing on February 1, 2020 for a total of $150 million over the 15 year license contract term. Through December 31, 2024, the Company's financial work commitments have exceeded the five-year minimum $50 million threshold and any excess carries forward to offset against subsequent five-year commitments. The amounts that will be paid for such outstanding off-balance sheet financial work commitments as of December 31, 2024 are $10.0 million in 2025, $10.0 million in 2026, $10.0 million in 2027, $10.0 million in 2028, $10.0 million in 2029 and $60.0 million in 2030 and thereafter. Domestic Market Obligation Under the terms of the respective PSCs in Gabon and Cote d'Ivoire, the Company can be required to sell to the Government or another entity designated by the Government, a certain percentage of its Profit Oil to meet the needs of the domestic market.

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