---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-033286"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDCO"
cik: "0000793306"
company_name: "BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO"
filed_at: "2024-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T05:40:16.777088+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Dolphin subsidiary extends Houston office lease 24 months, expands space 30%

## Summary
- BDSC signed 24-month lease extension effective Sep 1, 2024, expiring Aug 31, 2026.
- Premises expanded from 7,675 to 9,961 sq ft by adding Suite 2125 on Nov 1, 2024.
- Base rent: $30/sq ft for months 1-2, then $29/sq ft for months 3-12, back to $30/sq ft for months 13-24.
- Monthly base rent: $24,072.42 from Nov 2024, then $24,902.50 from Sep 2025; additional rent capped at $1,500/month.
- Improvement allowance of $14,941.50 (approx. $1.50/sq ft) must be used within six months of signing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-033286
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDCO
- cik: 0000793306
- company_name: BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO
- filed_at: 2024-11-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000143774924033286/0001437749-24-033286-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000143774924033286/bdco20241104_8k.htm

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