---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-023131"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDCO"
cik: "0000793306"
company_name: "BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO"
filed_at: "2024-07-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T18:45:17.923435+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Dolphin shareholders elect all five director nominees, ratify auditor at annual meeting

## Summary
- All five directors elected with over 12.6M votes each; only a few dozen withheld votes.
- Ratification of UHY LLP as independent auditor passed with 12,616,479 for, 1,807 against.
- No other business was presented or discussed at the July 18, 2024 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-023131
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDCO
- cik: 0000793306
- company_name: BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO
- filed_at: 2024-07-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000143774924023131/0001437749-24-023131-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000143774924023131/bdco20240718_8k.htm

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