---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001654954-24-000734"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BDCO"
cik: "0000793306"
company_name: "BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO"
filed_at: "2024-01-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-06T22:17:03.315064+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Dolphin Energy named to 2024 OTCQX Best 50 ranking for second year

## Summary
- Ranking based on equal weighting of one-year total return and average daily dollar volume growth in 2023.
- CEO Jonathan Carroll credits board, management, and staff for increasing shareholder value and improving liquidity.
- Company traded on OTCQX Best Market; must meet high financial standards and governance to qualify.
- Full ranking available at https://www.otcmarkets.com/files/2024_OTCQX_Best_50.pdf.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001654954-24-000734
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BDCO
- cik: 0000793306
- company_name: BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO
- filed_at: 2024-01-18T23:59:59+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/793306/000165495424000734/0001654954-24-000734-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/793306/000165495424000734/bdco_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001654954-24-000734.txt

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