OriginOil cracks algae extraction costs
May 6th 2009, 05:31 pm
A Los Angeles company says it has developed a method to slash the energy it takes to extract oil from algae by as much as 90 percent. OriginOil’s (OTCBB: OOIL) process, called Quantum Fracturing, uses electromagnetism and pH modification to break the algae’s cell walls, extracting oil from the algae in one step.
