Blue Dolphin Reports First Quarter 2022 Results
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Blue Dolphin Energy Company (OTCQX:BDCO) reported strong financial performance for Q1 2022, achieving a gross profit of $6.6 million, an increase from a loss of $0.2 million in Q1 2021. Net income surged to $3.5 million from a net loss of $3.2 million year-over-year. The refining operations segment also saw a positive shift with a contribution margin of $5.6 million, compared to a deficit of $1.4 million in the previous year. The company maintains a positive outlook for its refining operations, reflecting improved fundamentals in the sector.
Positive
- Gross profit increased to $6.6 million from a loss of $0.2 million YoY.
- Net income turned around to $3.5 million from a net loss of $3.2 million YoY.
- Refining operations segment contribution margin rose to $5.6 million from a deficit of $1.4 million YoY.
- Positive outlook for refining operations, indicating confidence in future performance.
Negative
- None.
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- Gross Profit
$6.6 million ($6.8 million increase year over year) - Net Income
$3.5 million ($6.7 million increase year over year) - Refining Operations Segment Contribution Margin
$5.6 million ($7.0 million increase year over year) - Positive Outlook for Refining Operations
HOUSTON, TX / ACCESSWIRE / May 16, 2022 / Blue Dolphin Energy Company ("Blue Dolphin") (OTCQX:BDCO), an independent refiner and marketer of refined petroleum products in the Eagle Ford Shale, announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2022. Blue Dolphin had gross profit of
"Blue Dolphin reported solid financial results for the first quarter of 2022 as refining fundamentals improved," said Jonathan P. Carroll, Chief Executive Officer of Blue Dolphin Energy Company. "In addition, the Nixon refinery operated well."
Reconciliation of Segment Contribution Margin (Deficit)
(1) General and administrative expenses within refinery operations include the LEH operating fee and accretion of asset retirement obligations.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures. This press release includes segment contribution margin, which, for refinery operations and tolling and terminaling business segments, represents net revenues (excluding intercompany fees and sales) attributable to the respective business segment less associated intercompany fees and sales less associated operation costs and expenses. We believe segment contribution margin is useful for investors to consider this measure in comparing the underlying performance of our business across periods. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income (loss) as prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
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-bpd crude distillation tower with more than 1.2 million bbls of petroleum storage tank capacity in Nixon, Texas. Blue Dolphin was formed in 1986 as a Delaware corporation and is traded 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 that are 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," "pursues," "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 what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements. The reader should not place undue reliance 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 as a result 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 2021 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 have material adverse effects on forward-looking statements.
SOURCE: Blue Dolphin Energy Company
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