Apr 30, 2009 05:00 ET

OriginOil Profiled on Associated Press Television

Top International News Syndicate Covers OriginOil’s Recent Technological Breakthroughs

LOS ANGELES --(Business Wire)-- Apr 30, 2009 OriginOil, Inc. (OTCBB:OOIL), the developer of a breakthrough technology to transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum, was recently featured by the internationally-renowned news service, Associated Press (AP) Television, as a part of the syndicate’s continued coverage on new and developing biofuels.

During a visit to OriginOil’s Los Angeles headquarters earlier this month, a film crew interviewed both CEO Riggs Eckelberry and Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Vikram Pattarkine, regarding the company’s recent technology breakthrough to extract oil from algae in an efficient single-step process. A time-lapse video of the extraction process was then sent out to the Associated Press’ newspaper affiliates, which encompass more than half of the world’s population on any given day.

The recent AP Television segment, entitled “Could Algae Be Oil’s Next Competitor,” features commentary from Riggs Eckelberry on OriginOil’s “single pass, cost-effective process” to inexpensively crack algae’s tough exterior and release the oil inside, which can be viewed at http://www.yahoo.com/s/1063990.

“Oil, for the first time, is going to have a competitor,” said Eckelberry. “It’s not going to be the OPEC cartel against the rest of the world – it’s going to be local fuel production in all these countries, including the U.S.”

Eckelberry concluded: “We are honored that AP Television, which provides programming for more than 130 countries and 1 billion readers, listeners, and viewers worldwide, has chosen to feature our company in its report on the algae industry. Now that we’ve cracked the first part of the code to creating wide-scale production of algae oil, we must continue to expand our research initiatives so that we will be able to bring our technology to all areas of the globe.”

About OriginOil, Inc.

OriginOil, Inc. is developing a breakthrough technology that will transform algae, the most promising source of renewable oil, into a true competitor to petroleum. Much of the world's oil and gas is made up of ancient algae deposits. Today, our technology will produce "new oil" from algae, through a cost-effective, high-speed manufacturing process. This endless supply of new oil can be used for many products, such as diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, plastics and solvents, without the global warming effects of petroleum. Other oil-producing feedstock, such as corn and sugarcane, often destroy vital farmlands and rainforests, disrupt global food supplies and create new environmental problems. Our unique technology, based on algae, is targeted at fundamentally changing our source of oil without disrupting the environment or food supplies. To learn more about OriginOil™, please visit our website at www.originoil.com.

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Abstract/Short Description

News of OriginOil algae to oil Single-Step Extraction™ technology reaches far corners of globe via Associated Press coverage.

Keyword List

algae fuel production, algae oil, algae oil extraction, algae to oil, alternative fuel source, alternative fuel sources, associated press, eco-friendly fuel, oil from algae, ooil, originoil, riggs eckelberry

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