---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-23-000558"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDCO"
cik: "0000793306"
company_name: "BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO"
filed_at: "2023-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T14:22:28.470242+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Dolphin named to 2023 OTCQX Best 50 for top performance in 2022

## Summary
- Ranked among top 50 companies on OTCQX based on 2022 total return and daily dollar volume growth.
- CEO Jonathan Carroll cited 2022 as a banner financial year for Blue Dolphin.
- Recognition published in OTCQX Best 50 ranking; criteria include equal weighting of return and volume.
- Company trades on OTCQX under ticker BDCO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-23-000558
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDCO
- cik: 0000793306
- company_name: BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO
- filed_at: 2023-01-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000165495423000558/0001654954-23-000558-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000165495423000558/bdco_8k.htm

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