With more than 12 years of energy experience, Mr Dale brings a diverse finance, accounting and investor relations background to the company. Prior to joining Blue Dolphin, he was the assistant treasurer of Rosetta Resources, an oil and gas company with operations focused in California, the Rockies, the Gulf of Mexico and Texas.

Mr Dale was responsible for corporate finance and strategy, treasury, planning and budgeting, investor relations and insurance, and he was involved in all facets of Rosetta’s strategic operations from its inception in 2005. He was also an integral part of Rosetta’s NASDAQ initial public offering in February 2006.

Throughout his career Mr Dale has held several key positions in varying sectors such as pipelines, power plants, marketing, and exploration and production. He previously worked for the El Paso Corporation in the finance and corporate planning departments and Tejas Gas, an intrastate pipeline company, in the corporate finance department.