Blue Dolphin Energy Co: appoints William Christopher McDougall as CFO

What happened The filing says that on Oct 17, 2026 the board of Blue Dolphin Energy Company appointed William Christopher ("Chris") McDougall, 52, to the positions of chief financial officer, treasurer, and assistant secretary, effective immediately. The filing says Mr. McDougall will also serve as Blue Dolphin’s principal financial officer and that Bryce D. Klug, 46, will continue to serve as Blue Dolphin’s principal accounting officer.

Key details

• The filing says Mr. McDougall has more than 25 years of experience in the oil and gas, chemicals, and investment management industries and served as Blue Dolphin’s director of corporate development since 2015.
• The filing lists Mr. McDougall’s prior roles from 2012 to 2014 at Westlake Securities and from 2007 to 2011 at Treaty Oak Capital Management, and earlier positions at The Dow Chemical Company.
• The filing says Mr. McDougall holds an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, the CFA® designation, and previously held FINRA Series 7, 24, 63, 86, and 87 licenses.
• The filing says both Mr. McDougall and Mr. Klug receive remuneration from Lazarus Energy Holdings, LLC ("LEH") and that, under an operating agreement, salaries are billed monthly to Blue Dolphin. The filing says Jonathan Carroll and LEH together owned 85.1% of Blue Dolphin’s common stock as of the filing date, Oct 22, 2026.

Why it may matter The filing reports Item 5.02: departure of directors or certain officers; election of directors, which covers officer appointments and designation of principal financial and accounting officers. The filing does not show why the insider traded or why the company acted.