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Exhibit
31.1
I,
Jonathan P. Carroll, certify that:
1.
I have
reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Blue Dolphin Energy
Company (the “Registrant”).
2.
Based
on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading
with respect to the periods covered by this annual
report;
3.
Based
on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial
information included in this annual report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations
and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this annual report;
4.
I am
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the
Registrant and I have:
a)
Designed such
disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to
ensure that material information relating to the Registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this annual report is being prepared;
b)
Designed such
internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under my
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;
c)
Evaluated the
effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this annual report my conclusions about
the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of
the end of the period covered by this annual report based on such
evaluation; and
d)
Disclosed in this
annual report any change in the Registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the
Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the
Registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of this annual
report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over
financial reporting; and
5.
I have
disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and
the Audit Committee of the Registrant’s Board of
Directors:
(a)
All significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of
internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably
likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and
(b)
Any fraud, whether
or not material, that involves management or other employees who
have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting.
Date:
March 31, 2021
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/s/
JONATHAN P. CARROLL
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Jonathan
P. Carroll
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Chief
Executive Officer, President, Assistant Treasurer and
Secretary
(Principal
Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer, and Principal
Accounting Officer)