secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO (BDCO)
CIK:        0000793306
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001437749-25-026949
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Blue Dolphin Q2 net loss narrows to $1.7M; H1 turns to profit
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- Q2 net loss $1.7M (-$0.12/sh) vs $6.4M loss (-$0.43/sh) a year ago; gross profit $0.6M vs deficit $4.7M.
- H1 2025 net income $0.5M ($0.03/sh) vs $0.3M ($0.02/sh) in prior period; revenue fell to $140.3M from $160.7M.
- Consolidated EBITDA $0.1M in Q2 (vs -$5.9M) and $5.1M in H1 (vs $4.6M); refinery operations EBITDA loss improved to $0.9M.
- Cash and equivalents rose to $1.8M from $1.1M at year-end; working capital deficit improved to $16.8M from $19.1M.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000143774925026949/0001437749-25-026949-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000143774925026949/bdco20250519_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-25-026949

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