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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000894627-25-000034
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250724

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			VAALCO ENERGY INC /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000894627
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				760274813
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2500 CITYWEST BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77042
		BUSINESS PHONE:		713-623-0801

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2500 CITYWEST BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 400
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77042
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i5d0fc558f44e4c458076d26e72549933_1"></div><div style="min-height:76.5pt;width:100%"><div><img alt="image_0a.jpg" src="image_0a.jpg" style="height:47px;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:227px"></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">July 24, 2025</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Office of Energy &#38; Transportation</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">United States Securities and Exchange Commission</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">100 F Street, N.E.</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Attn&#58; John Hodgin, Karl Hiller</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Re&#58;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;VAALCO Energy, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2024</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Filed March 17, 2025</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">File No. 001-32167</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Request for Extension</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Dear Messrs. Hodgin and Hiller&#58;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">VAALCO Energy, Inc. (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;) acknowledges receipt of the comment letter of the Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission dated July 18, 2025 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">Comment Letter</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;), relating to the Company&#8217;s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024.  </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Comment Letter requests that the Company respond within ten business days or advise of the later date that by which the Company will respond.  This letter is to confirm our telephone conversation on July 23, 2025, regarding our request for an extension of time to respond. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">We are working expeditiously to respond to the Comment Letter.  However, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">as discussed, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">given that we are in the midst of our preparations to file our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2025, we respectfully request that you allow us to submit our response by August 15, 2025.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The Company greatly appreciates the Staff&#8217;s accommodation for the request for extension.  If you have any questions about this letter or require additional information, please contact me at matthew.powers&#64;vaalco.com.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Respectfully submitted,</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">VAALCO Energy, Inc.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Ronald Bain</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Ronald Bain&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">cc&#58; Matthew Powers</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">     Jordan Hirsch, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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