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Vaalco Energy Offloads Canadian Assets to Focus on Core African Portfolio

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  • Vaalco is selling its Canadian producing properties for C$35 million, shedding about 1,850 BOEPD of non-core output.
  • The divestment, at 2.7 times cash flow and without impacting borrowing capacity, refocuses capital on higher-potential core assets in Africa.
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Vaalco Energy Offloads Canadian Assets to Focus on Core African Portfolio

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Vaalco Energy ( (EGY) ) has provided an update.

Vaalco Energy has agreed to sell all of its non-core producing properties in Canada to a third party for C$35 million (about US$25.6 million), divesting assets that currently contribute roughly 1,850 barrels of oil equivalent per day. The transaction, priced at 2.7 times the Canadian units’ trailing 12‑month operational cash flow, is intended to sharpen Vaalco’s focus on its core African portfolio and ongoing large-scale drilling campaigns, without affecting its borrowing base, and is framed by management as a move to unlock greater long-term value for shareholders by reallocating capital to higher-potential assets.

More about Vaalco Energy

Vaalco Energy, founded in 1985 and incorporated in Delaware, is a Houston-based independent energy company with a diversified portfolio of production, development and exploration assets across several West and Central African countries, including Gabon, Egypt, Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria.

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