Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Organization [Abstract]

Organization

(1) Organization

Company Summary

Blue Dolphin Energy Company (referred to herein, with its predecessors and subsidiaries, as “Blue Dolphin,” “we,” “us” and “our”), a Delaware corporation, was formed in 1986 as a holding company and conducts substantially all of its operations through its subsidiaries. Our operating subsidiaries include:

• Blue Dolphin Pipe Line Company (“BDPL”), a Delaware corporation;

• Blue Dolphin Petroleum Company, a Delaware corporation;

• Blue Dolphin Exploration Company, a Delaware corporation;

• Blue Dolphin Services Co., a Texas corporation; and

• Petroport, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Business Segments

We are engaged in two lines of business: (i) pipeline transportation services to producers/shippers, and (ii) oil and gas exploration and production. Our pipeline assets are located offshore and onshore in the Texas Gulf Coast area and our leasehold interests in properties are located in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and the North Sumatra Basin in offshore Indonesia.