Who woulda thunk?….That you can make fuel out of that green stuff that used to get stuck between your toes when you waded in swamps and ponds.  Origin Oil is only one of several companies that are hard at work trying to commercialize the technology to extract oil from algae.

I have followed OOIL for several months and like what I see.  It is a development-stage company but they seem to run a “tight ship”.

Here is a really good description of  the company and its goals (taken from a corporate presentation):

“The OriginOil business model can be compared to Microsoft’s in the world of computers. It is OriginOil’s intention to become part of the operating system of the algae industry (delusions of grandeur? – ed.). ……. OriginOil plans to sell its technology through its network, both as integrated technology and as branded devices, and to offer its services to help design, build and manage algae installations the world over. To help reach customers widely, it intends to develop regional partners to provide local manufacturing, sales, and services to regional end users.

The company is not in the business of producing and marketing algae-based oil or fuel as an end product. (emphasis added) OriginOil is in the preliminary stages of commercializing its scalable algae-to-oil technology. In Sept. 2009, the company presented the first comprehensive algae production model, developed with the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) of the Department of Energy under its collaborative research agreement with OriginOil.  (The Algae PDF is also an excellent sleep aid…it is packed with a great deal of information about algae)

The Chart (annotated below) looks promising.  See for yourself.

I encourage my members to put OOIL on their radar list.   OOIL is still many years away from being a revenue-producing company, but they appear to have some solid momentum going for them and run a tight ship as I had mentioned earlier.  They are, in my estimation, a short-term trade and with this chart and the buzz that is surrounding it could very well move.

Good luck and good trading.