UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    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)
                       January 30, 2007 (January 24, 2007)

                           Blue Dolphin Energy Company
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




           Delaware                       0-15905                   73-1268729
 (State or other jurisdiction     (Commission file number)      (I.R.S. Employer
  of incorporation)                                          Identification No.)


 801 Travis, Suite 2100, Houston, Texas                  77002
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip code)


                                 (713) 227-7660
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



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ITEM 5.02      DEPARTURE  OF  DIRECTORS   OR  CERTAIN   OFFICERS;   ELECTION  OF
               DIRECTORS;   APPOINTMENT   OF  CERTAIN   OFFICERS;   COMPENSATORY
               ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

     On January 24,  2007,  Ivar Siem,  Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer,
Michael J. Jacobson, President, and Gregory W. Starks, Vice President, Treasurer
and  Secretary,  entered into the  company's  standard  form of  Indemnification
Agreement.  On January 25, 2007, the following members of the company's Board of
Directors,  Laurence N. Benz, Michael S. Chadwick and Erik Ostbye,  entered into
the company's standard form of Indemnification  Agreement.  On January 26, 2007,
John N.  Goodpasture  and Harris A. Kaffie,  members of the  company's  Board of
Directors,   entered  into  the  company's   standard  form  of  Indemnification
Agreement.   These   agreements   do  not   increase  the  extent  or  scope  of
indemnification provided to directors and executive officers under the company's
Amended and  Restated  Certificate  of  Incorporation  or Amended  and  Restated
Bylaws.  These  agreements  provide for  indemnification  of each  director  and
executive officer for expenses, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred
by them in certain  circumstances and upon certain conditions.  These agreements
also establish procedures and other agreements pertaining to such obligations of
the  company  and  include  other  provisions  that  the  company  believes  are
customary.  The  foregoing  description  of the  Indemnification  Agreements  is
qualified   in  its   entirety  by   reference  to  the  text  of  the  form  of
Indemnification  Agreement,  which was filed as  Exhibit  99.1 to the  company's
Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission on
November 17, 2006, and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 9.01      FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

     (c)  Exhibits

          99.1 Form of  Indemnification  Agreement.  (Incorporated  by reference
               from Blue Dolphin  Energy  Company's  Current  Report on Form 8-K
               filed on November 17, 2006.)









                                    SIGNATURE



     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date:   January 30, 2007

                                    BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY COMPANY



                                    By:     /s/ GREGORY W. STARKS
                                            ------------------------------------
                                            Gregory W. Starks
                                            Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary