0001010549-15-000002.txt : 20150107 0001010549-15-000002.hdr.sgml : 20150107 20150107153205 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001010549-15-000002 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20150107 ITEM INFORMATION: Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing FILED AS OF DATE: 20150107 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20150107 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY CO CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000793306 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 731268729 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-15905 FILM NUMBER: 15513425 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 801 TRAVIS SUITE 2100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002-5729 BUSINESS PHONE: 7132-568-4725 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 801 TRAVIS SUITE 2100 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77002-5729 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MUSTANG RESOURCES CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19900122 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ZIM ENERGY CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19870921 8-K 1 bdco8k010714.htm BLUE DOLPHIN bdco8k010714.htm
 
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 7, 2015

Blue Dolphin Energy Company
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
0-15905
(Commission File Number)
73-1268729
(IRS Employer 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)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):
 
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Item 3.01           Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing.

Blue Dolphin Energy Company, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), was notified by the OTC Markets Group Inc. in a letter dated December 31, 2014 (the “OTC Letter”) that the Company was out of compliance with Section 6.1 of OTCQX Rules, which require pre-payment of 2015 annual listing fees.  The Company has 30 days from the date of the OTC Letter to cure the deficiency.  As of the date of filing this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Report”), the Company had pre-paid the required annual listing fee and was in compliance with the OTCQX Rules.

The information contained in Item 3.01 of the Report is being “furnished” and is not deemed “filed” by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of the section, nor is it deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
 
 
 
 
 
 


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 hereunto duly authorized.
 
Date:    January 7, 2015
 
 
Blue Dolphin Energy Company
 
   
 
/s/JONATHAN P. CARROLL
 
Jonathan P. Carroll
Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer,
President, Assistant Treasurer, and Secretary
(Principal Executive Officer)