HOUSTON, March 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- VAALCO Energy, Inc. (NYSE: EGY) today announced that the Company will present at the following conferences.  All slide presentations will be available on VAALCO's website, www.vaalco.com.

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Robert L. Gerry, VAALCO's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, will present at the Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. International, LLP Conference.  The focus of the conference is Latin America and West Africa Exploration.   The presentation will begin at 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time at the Hilton in New York on Wednesday, April 11, 2012.  A webcast of the presentation will not be available. 

Mr. Gerry will also present at the IPAA OGIS New York Conference.  The presentation will begin at 11:45 a.m. Eastern Time at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers on Monday, April 16, 2012.  Listeners can access the webcast at the IPAA OGIS website, www.ipaa.org, and VAALCO's web site, www.vaalco.com.

About VAALCO

VAALCO Energy, Inc. is a Houston based independent energy company principally engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of crude oil.  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.  The company's properties and exploration acreage are located primarily in Gabon and Angola, West Africa and the United States.

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