Announcements

Los Angeles, CA – May 5, 2008 – 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, announced today that its company information will be made available via Standard & Poor's Market Access Program, an information distribution service that enables subscribing publicly traded companies to have their company information disseminated to users of Standard & Poor's Advisor Insight.

“S&P’s Market Access Program promotes transparency and information access, and we’re delighted to be part of it”, said the Company’s founder and CEO, Riggs Eckelberry. The company information to be made available through this program includes share price, volume, dividends, shares outstanding, company financial position, and earnings. OriginOil’s information can be accessed anytime by clicking on the Market Access icon at www.originoil.com/investors/investors.html.

Standard & Poor's Advisor Insight is an Internet-based research engine used by more than 100,000 investment advisors. A public version of the site is available at www.advisorinsight.com. In addition, information about companies in Standard & Poor's Market Access Program will be available via S&P's Stock Guide database, which is distributed electronically to virtually all major quote vendors. As part of the program, a full description of OriginOil, Inc. will also be published in the Daily News section of Standard Corporation Records, a recognized securities manual for secondary trading in approximately 38 states under the Blue Sky Laws.

Company information distributed through the Market Access Program is based upon information that Standard & Poor’s considers to be reliable, but neither Standard & Poor’s nor its affiliates warrant its completeness or accuracy, and it should not be relied upon as such. This material is not intended as an offer or solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security or other financial instrument.