8-K
BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO (BDCO)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
November 14, 2025
| Blue Dolphin Energy Company | ||
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| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) | ||
| Delaware | 0-15905 | 73-1268729 |
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| (State or Other Jurisdiction<br><br> <br>of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer<br><br> <br>Identification No.) |
801 Travis Street, Suite 2100
Houston, TX ### 77002
(Address of principal executive office and zip code)
(713) 568-4725
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
(Not Applicable)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On November 14, 2025 Blue Dolphin Energy Company (“Blue Dolphin”) issued a press release reporting its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025 and its financial condition as of September 30, 2025. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| 99.1 | Blue Dolphin Energy Company Press Release Issued November 14, 2025. |
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 14, 2025
| Blue Dolphin Energy Company |
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| /s/ BRYCE D. KLUG |
| Bryce D. Klug<br><br> <br>Treasurer and Assistant Secretary<br><br> <br>(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Exhibit Index
| 99.1 | Blue Dolphin Energy Company Press Release Issued November 14, 2025. |
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| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the Cover Page Interactive Data File is embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
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Exhibit 99.1
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLUE DOLPHIN REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2025 FINANCIAL RESULTS
| ● Total gross profit of $0.03 million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and $6.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.<br><br> <br>● Net loss of $4.7 million, or a loss of $0.31 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and a net loss of $4.2 million, or a loss of $0.28 per share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.<br><br> <br>● Consolidated earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization (“EBITDA”) of $(4.4) million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and consolidated EBITDA of $0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.<br><br> <br>● Refinery operations EBITDA of $(1.5) million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and refinery operations EBITDA of $2.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. |
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HOUSTON, TX / ACCESS Newswire / November 14, 2025 / Blue Dolphin Energy Company ("Blue Dolphin") (OTCQX:BDCO), an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products in the Eagle Ford Shale region, announced its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025.
Results of Operations
Three Month Periods
Blue Dolphin reported total gross profit of $0.03 million and a net loss of $4.7 million, or a loss of $0.31 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2025. Comparatively, Blue Dolphin reported a total gross deficit of $3.3 million and a net loss of $5.0 million, or a loss of $0.34 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Consolidated EBITDA totaled $(4.4) million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to consolidated EBITDA of $(4.1) million for the three months ended September 30, 2024.
For the three months ended September 30, 2025, refinery operations loss before income taxes totaled $2.0 million compared to a refinery operations loss before income taxes of $5.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. Refinery operations EBITDA totaled $(1.5) million for the three months ended September 30, 2025 compared to refinery operations EBITDA of $(4.5) million for the three months ended September 30, 2024.
Nine Month Periods
Blue Dolphin reported total gross profit of $6.7 million and a net loss of $4.2 million, or a loss of $0.28 per share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2025. Comparatively, Blue Dolphin reported total gross profit of $3.2 million and a net loss of $4.7 million, or a loss of $0.32 per share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Consolidated EBITDA totaled $0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to consolidated EBITDA of $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2025, refinery operations loss before income taxes totaled $0.4 million compared to a refinery operations loss before income taxes of $3.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024. Refinery operations EBITDA totaled $2.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 compared to refinery operations EBITDA of $(0.3) million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.
“Blue Dolphin continued to extract operational efficiencies where possible and manage costs,” said Jonathan P. Carroll, Chief Executive Officer of Blue Dolphin Energy Company. “As a result, we achieved a gross profit of $6.7 million and consolidated EBITDA of $0.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2025.”
Liquidity and Working Capital
As of September 30, 2025, Blue Dolphin had $3.3 million in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash compared to $1.1 million at December 31, 2024, representing a $2.2 million improvement. Blue Dolphin had a working capital deficit of $23.1 million as of September 30, 2025 compared to a working capital deficit of $19.1 million as of December 31, 2024, representing a $3.9 million increase in working capital deficit.
For more information regarding Blue Dolphin's financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, see Blue Dolphin's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 14, 2025.
Blue Dolphin Energy Company and Subsidiaries
Earnings Release Tables
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||
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| September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
| (in thousands, except per-share amounts) | (in thousands, except per-share amounts) | |||||||||||
| Total revenue from operations | $ | 70,355 | $ | 82,109 | $ | 210,630 | $ | 242,790 | ||||
| Total cost of goods sold | 70,323 | 85,426 | 203,975 | 239,619 | ||||||||
| Gross profit (loss) | 32 | (3,317 | ) | 6,655 | 3,171 | |||||||
| LEH operating fee, related party | 279 | 202 | 737 | 628 | ||||||||
| Other operating expenses | 117 | 177 | 361 | 457 | ||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 1,633 | 1,041 | 3,692 | 3,495 | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 74 | 61 | 222 | 184 | ||||||||
| Impairment of fixed assets | 3,026 | - | 3,026 | - | ||||||||
| Interest, net | 849 | 1,548 | 3,865 | 4,354 | ||||||||
| Total cost and expenses | 5,978 | 3,029 | 11,903 | 9,118 | ||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (5,946 | ) | (6,346 | ) | (5,248 | ) | (5,947 | ) | ||||
| Income tax benefit | 1,270 | 1,346 | 1,094 | 1,221 | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (4,676 | ) | $ | (5,000 | ) | $ | (4,154 | ) | $ | (4,726 | ) |
| Loss per common share | ||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | (0.31 | ) | $ | (0.34 | ) | $ | (0.28 | ) | $ | (0.32 | ) |
| Diluted | $ | (0.31 | ) | $ | (0.34 | ) | $ | (0.28 | ) | $ | (0.32 | ) |
Reconciliation of Certain Non-U.S. GAAP Measures (Unaudited)
| Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Refinery Operations | Tolling & Terminaling | Corporate & Other | Total | Refinery Operations | Tolling & Terminaling | Corporate & Other | Total | |||||||||||||||
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| Income (loss) before income taxes | $ | (2,046 | ) | $ | 514 | $ | (4,414 | ) | $ | (5,946 | ) | $ | (5,741 | ) | $ | 436 | $ | (1,041 | ) | $ | (6,346 | ) |
| Add: depreciation and amortization | 302 | 342 | 74 | 718 | 302 | 342 | 61 | 705 | ||||||||||||||
| Add: interest, net | 249 | 437 | 163 | 849 | 900 | 512 | 136 | 1,548 | ||||||||||||||
| EBITDA | $ | (1,495 | ) | $ | 1,293 | $ | (4,177 | ) | $ | (4,379 | ) | $ | (4,539 | ) | $ | 1,290 | $ | (844 | ) | $ | (4,093 | ) |
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| Refinery Operations | Tolling & Terminaling | Corporate & Other | Total | Refinery Operations | Tolling & Terminaling | Corporate & Other | Total | |||||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | $ | (370 | ) | $ | 1,239 | $ | (6,117 | ) | $ | (5,248 | ) | $ | (3,637 | ) | $ | 1,140 | $ | (3,450 | ) | $ | (5,947 | ) |
| Add: depreciation and amortization | 901 | 1,026 | 222 | 2,149 | 904 | 1,026 | 184 | 2,114 | ||||||||||||||
| Add: interest, net | 2,013 | 1,358 | 494 | 3,865 | 2,440 | 1,506 | 408 | 4,354 | ||||||||||||||
| EBITDA | $ | 2,544 | $ | 3,623 | $ | (5,401 | ) | $ | 766 | $ | (293 | ) | $ | 3,672 | $ | (2,858 | ) | $ | 521 |
About Blue Dolphin
Blue Dolphin is an independent downstream energy company operating in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. Subsidiaries operate a light, sweet-crude, 15,000-barrel per day crude distillation tower with over 1.25 million barrels of petroleum storage tank capacity in Nixon, Texas. Blue Dolphin formed in 1986 as a Delaware corporation and trades on the OTCQX under the ticker symbol “BDCO.” For additional information, visit Blue Dolphin's corporate website at http://www.blue-dolphin-energy.com.
Contact:
Jonathan P. Carroll
Chief Executive Officer and President
713-568-4725
Cautionary Statements Relevant to Forward-Looking Information for the Purpose of “Safe Harbor” Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to Blue Dolphin’s operations based on management’s current expectations, estimates, and projections about the oil and gas industry. Words or phrases such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “targets,” “advances,” “commits,” “drives,” “aims,” “forecasts,” “projects,” “believes,” “approaches,” “seeks,” “schedules,” “estimates,” “positions,” “pursue,” “may,” “can,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “budgets,” “outlook,” “trends,” “guidance,” “focus,” “on track,” “goals,” “objectives,” “strategies,” “opportunities,” “poised,” “potential,” “ambitions,” “aspires” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties, and other factors, many of which are beyond the company’s control and are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. The reader should not rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. Unless legally required, Blue Dolphin undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events, or otherwise.
For a discussion of risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, please see the factors set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in Blue Dolphin’s 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Other unpredictable or unknown factors not discussed in this press release could also adversely affect forward-looking statements.