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BDCO
Blue Dolphin Energy Co.

Common Stock

1.75

0.14

8.70%

1.62 / 1.77 (1100 x 100)

Real-Time Best Bid & Ask: 05:00pm 07/14/2025
Delayed (15 Min) Trade Data: 02:49pm 07/14/2025

Blue Dolphin Energy Co.

801 Travis Street

Suite 2100

Houston, TX 77002

Business Description
Blue Dolphin Energy Company is primarily an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products. Our primary asset is a 15,000 barrels per day crude oil and condensate processing facility that is located in Nixon, Texas (the "Nixon Facility"). As part of our refinery operations business segment, we conduct petroleum storage and terminaling operations under third-party lease agreements at the Nixon Facility. We also own pipeline assets and have leasehold interests in oil and gas wells. The pipelines and oil and gas wells are inactive.
Financial Reporting
Reporting Status
U.S. Reporting: SEC Reporting
Audited Financials
Audited
Latest Report
CIK
0000793306
Fiscal Year End
12/31
Company Officers & Contacts
Jonathan P. Carroll
CEO, President, Principal Executive Officer

Mr. Carroll is a Director, President and majority owner of Lazarus Energy Holdings, LLC (LEH). LEH, a controlling shareholder of Blue Dolphin and operates and manages its assets pursuant to an operating agreement. As of March 31, 2025, LEH and Mr. Carroll, together, owned 83.7% of Blue Dolphin's issued and outstanding common stock. Blue Dolphin's board of directors appointed Mr. Carroll as Chairman in 2014 and as Chief Executive Officer and President in 2012. He currently also serves as Principal Executive Officer, Assistant Treasurer, and Secretary of Blue Dolphin. Mr. Carroll's remuneration is considered part of the operating fees paid by Blue Dolphin to LEH under the operating agreement. Before founding LEH, Mr. Carroll was a private investor focused on direct debt and equity investments, primarily in distressed assets. He previously served on the board of trustees of the Salient Fund Group from 2004 to 2022, and served on the compliance, audit, and nominating committees of several of Salient's private and public closed-end and mutual funds at various times within that period. Mr. Carroll also previously served on the board of directors of the General Partner of LRR Energy, L.P. (NYSE: LRE) from January 2014 until its merger with Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC in October 2015. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University, and he completed a Directed Reading in Economics at Oxford University.

Vicki Krupa
Accountant

Tyler Murrell-Graham
Other

Bryce D. Klug
Treasurer, Asst. Secretary, Principal Fin. Officer, Principal Acct. Officer

Mr. Klug joined LEH as Finance Director in August 2024. Blue Dolphin's board of directors appointed him as Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, as well as principal financial and accounting officer, in September 2024. Like Mr. Carroll, Mr. Klug's remuneration is considered part of the operating fees paid by Blue Dolphin and its subsidiaries to LEH pursuant to an operating agreement between the entities. Mr. Klug has nearly twenty years of experience primarily in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining LEH, he served as a consultant to Nassau Bay Investments. From 2021 to 2023, Mr. Klug served as Manager and then as Senior Manager for transactional advisory services at Grant Thornton LLP. He was External Reporting Manager at Talos Energy, Inc. from 2019 to 2021 and Senior Manager of External Reporting at Noble Drilling from 2017 to 2019. From 2005 to 2019, he held a variety of audit, compliance, and corporate finance positions with Ernst & Young LLP, Petrohawk Energy Corporation, the Siegfried Group, Quantum Resources Energy, and Breitburn Management Company. Mr. Klug earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Michigan and a Masters in Accounting from Eastern Michigan University. He holds a professional credential as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Board of Directors
Jonathan P. Carroll
Chairman, CEO, President, Principal Executive Officer

Mr. Carroll is a Director, President and majority owner of Lazarus Energy Holdings, LLC (LEH). LEH, a controlling shareholder of Blue Dolphin and operates and manages its assets pursuant to an operating agreement. As of March 31, 2025, LEH and Mr. Carroll, together, owned 83.7% of Blue Dolphin's issued and outstanding common stock. Blue Dolphin's board of directors appointed Mr. Carroll as Chairman in 2014 and as Chief Executive Officer and President in 2012. He currently also serves as Principal Executive Officer, Assistant Treasurer, and Secretary of Blue Dolphin. Mr. Carroll's remuneration is considered part of the operating fees paid by Blue Dolphin to LEH under the operating agreement. Before founding LEH, Mr. Carroll was a private investor focused on direct debt and equity investments, primarily in distressed assets. He previously served on the board of trustees of the Salient Fund Group from 2004 to 2022, and served on the compliance, audit, and nominating committees of several of Salient's private and public closed-end and mutual funds at various times within that period. Mr. Carroll also previously served on the board of directors of the General Partner of LRR Energy, L.P. (NYSE: LRE) from January 2014 until its merger with Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC in October 2015. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Human Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University, and he completed a Directed Reading in Economics at Oxford University.

Ryan A. Bailey
Independent Director, Audit Committee Member, Compensation Committee Member

Mr. Bailey joined Blue Dolphin's board of directors as an independent director in 2015. He is currently a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Bailey is considered an Audit Committee Financial Expert. Mr. Bailey currently serves as Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner for Paradigm Institutional Investments. He also serves as an advisor and mentor to Texas Wall Street Women, Chairman of the Texas Alternative Investment Association, and as a member of the board of directors of Stream Foundation, Bridgeway Capital Management, and Portfolios with Purpose. Previously, he was Co-Chief Investment Officer and Partner of Investment Office Resources, a Managing Partner and Founder of Carbonado Partners from 2020 to 2022 and currently serves as a Strategic Advisor. Mr. Bailey also served as a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Pacenote Capital from 2019 to 2020 and as Head of Investments at Children's Health System of Texas from 2014 to 2019. Mr. Bailey earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Yale University and completed a graduate course in tax planning from the Yale School of Management. He holds professional credentialing as a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Financial Risk Manager (FRM), Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA), and Chartered Market Technician (CMT).

Amitav Misra
Independent Director, Audit Committee Member, Compensation Committee Member

Mr. Misra joined Blue Dolphin's board of directors as an independent director in 2014. He is currently a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Misra is considered an Audit Committee Financial Expert. Mr. Misra currently serves as the Vice President of Experiential Marketing and Partnerships for HighRadius Corporation. He also serves as an advisor to several energy, technology, and private investment companies, and he is also a director of the Houston Center for Literacy, a non-profit organization. Previously, Mr. Misra was the General Manager Americas and Vice President of Marketing for Arundo Analytics, Inc. from 2017 to 2020. He was Founder and Partner of Cardinal Advisors from 2014 to 2017, and he served as President, Director, and Chief Operating Officer of Taxa, Inc. from 2012 to 2014. Mr. Misra earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University and has held FINRA Series 79 and Series 63 Licenses.

Christopher T. Morris
Independent Director, Audit Committee Member, Compensation Committee Member

Mr. Morris joined Blue Dolphin's board of directors as an independent director in 2012. He is currently Chairman of the Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Morris is considered an Audit Committee Financial Expert. Mr. Morris currently serves as Managing Director for Known Growth, LLC. He previously served as Executive Vice President of Bonaventure Realty Group from 2020 to 2022. Mr. Morris was President of Impact Partners LLC from 2017 to 2020. Previously, he served as New York Managing Partner for Tatum (a Randstad Company) from 2013 to 2017. Mr. Morris earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University and a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Business School.

Herbert N. Whitney

Mr. Whitney joined Blue Dolphin's board of directors in 2012. Mr. Whitney is currently the Founder and President of Wildcat Consulting LLC. He has more than forty years of experience in pipeline operations, crude oil supply, product supply, distribution, and trading, as well as marine operations and logistics having served as President of CITGO Pipeline Company and in various general manager positions at CITGO Petroleum Corporation. Mr. Whitney previously served on the board of directors of Blackwater Midstream Corporation, the advisory board of Sheetz, Inc., as Chairman of the board of directors of Colonial Pipeline Company, and as the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Association of Oil Pipelines. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Kansas State University.

Other Company Insiders
Jonathan Carroll
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Service Providers
Accounting/Auditing Firm
UHY LLP

12900 Hall Road

Suite 500

Sterling Heights, MI 48313

Securities Counsel
Porter Hedges LLP

1000 Main Street

36th Floor

Houston, TX 77002

Profile Data
SIC - Industry Classification
1311 - Crude petroleum and natural gas
Incorporation Information
DE, US, 1983
Employees
1 as of 03/17/2025
Shell
No
Products and Services

We currently produce a single finished product – jet fuel – and several intermediate products, including naphtha, heavy oil blendstock mud (HOBM), and atmospheric gas oil (AGO).

Company Facilities

The Nixon Facility is a 15,000-barrel per day crude distillation tower and associated processing units in Nixon, Texas.

Company Notes
Sponsored for OTCQX by Porter Hedges LLP on 2/28/2012.
Note = Company delisted from NASDAQ on 06/13/11
Formerly=Mustang Resources Corp. to 1-90
Note=9-89 Court confirmed Plan of Arrangement & company released from Chapter XI bankruptcy proceedings. Under plan each sh Com (10 Cents) (Old) was exchanged for 1 sh Com (1 Cent) (New) or 20 cents cash per sh. Com (10 Cents) (Old) cancelled & deemed void
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Joined OTCQX 02/2012
The Company Profile data was verified by the issuer within the previous 6 months.
This security is not a Penny Stock as defined in SEC Rule 240.3a51-1.
The company’s transfer agent has verified its outstanding shares directly to OTC Markets.
The Company’s board of directors includes at least two Independent Directors.
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