SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT


                       PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
                     THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                Date of report: (date of earliest event reported)
                         April 10, 2008 (April 5, 2008)

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




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


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


                                 (713) 227-7660
                           (Issuer's telephone number)



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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 April 5, 2008, the Board of Directors of Blue Dolphin Energy Company
(the "Company" or "Blue Dolphin") appointed Michael J. Jacobson,  currently Blue
Dolphin's President, to the additional positions of Treasurer and Secretary, and
elected T. Scott Howard to the  positions of Assistant  Treasurer  and Assistant
Secretary. In his position as Assistant Treasurer, Mr. Howard will serve as Blue
Dolphin's principal financial and accounting officer.  Mr. Howard's  arrangement
with Blue Dolphin provides for an annual base salary of $110,000.

         Mr. Howard,  36, has served as Accounting  Manager of the Company since
2006.  From  1996 to  2006 he held a  variety  of  management  level  accounting
positions:  Audit Manager with DRDA, P.C., an independent public accounting firm
in Houston,  Texas from 2002 to 2006,  Trust Officer with Frost National Bank in
Houston,  Texas from 2000 to 2002 and  Controller for Hall's  Insurance  Agency,
Inc.  in  Dickinson,  Texas from 1996 to 2000.  He began his career in 1994 as a
Staff  Accountant for Griffin,  Iles,  Masel & Duval,  LLP, a public  accounting
firm,  until 1996. Mr. Howard,  who is a Certified  Public  Accountant in Texas,
received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from St. Edward's
University.








                                    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:   April 10, 2008

                                                     BLUE DOLPHIN ENERGY COMPANY


                                                     /s/ MICHAEL J JACOBSON
                                                     MICHAEL J JACOBSON
                                                     PRESIDENT