GENOIL INC
ec7d4edc9297476ab83361b627220f94
PRODUCTION_VERIFIED schema v3.0.0 Inferred last heartbeat: 2026-07-20T16:10:41.076406+00:00

Business Model Classification Tokens

contract_cycle_length
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enterprise_sales_motion
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procurement_complexity
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vendor_lock_coefficient
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consumption_unit_definition
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usage_billing_granularity
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overage_penalty_structure
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minimum_commitment_floor
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metered_margin_profile
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bundle_discount_depth
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cross_sell_attach_rate
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bundle_churn_vs_single_churn
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bundle_margin_blended
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upsell_pathway_architecture
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Business Model Archetype Classification

University of St. Gallen — 55 Business Model Navigator (Gassmann et al.)

SG-023 Licensing VALUE High
Direct: monetization_vector contains [Technology licensing fees plus engineering services revenue; long sales cycles with national oil companies and refiners; revenue highly lumpy and project-dependent]. Corroborated: revenue_model_type=Predominantly transactional/project-based licensing and engineering contracts; recurring revenue is near-zero; company has struggled to close commercial-scale deals
SG-024
Lock-in
WHO High
SG-036
Product to Capability
WHAT High
SG-049
Subscription
VALUE High

Hybrid Combination

Licensing (SG-023) VALUE provides the core structure, combined with Lock-in (SG-024) + Product to Capability (SG-036) + Subscription (SG-049) to form the complete business model fingerprint.

55 Archetypes Evaluated High: 4 Medium: 15 Registry: schemas/sg55_archetype_registry.yaml

Knowledge Graph — All Sections

debt_leverage_profile
Minimal long-term debt; near-zero leverage; micro-cap early-stage tech company with thin equity base; 20% rate rise has negligible direct debt-service impact
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interest_rate_sensitivity
Low direct sensitivity to rate rises; primary risk is higher cost of future equity/debt financing and reduced investor appetite for pre-revenue tech
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geopolitical_supply_exposure
High intensity; OPEC+ supply decisions and Russia-Ukraine conflict drive price volatility.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
supply_chain_dependency
Proprietary hydrocracking technology relies on specialty steel and catalyst materials; chokepoints are Chinese rare-earth supply and Middle Eastern crude feedstock availability
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international_expansion_readiness
Revenues denominated primarily in USD via licensing; exposure to CAD devaluation (home market) and potential MED/Gulf state currency risk if licensing deals close
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geographic_footprint
Operates primarily in Canada and targets Middle East/Asia licensing markets; CAD, AED, and CNY devaluation risks are key; limited revenue diversification to date
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commodity_exposure_profile
High intensity; commodities: Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Refined Petroleum Products, Uranium, Steel (equipment); geopolitical: OPEC+ supply decisions and Russia-Ukraine conflict drive price volatility.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
vendor_lock_dependency_score
Proprietary GHU upgrader technology is self-developed; no single external vendor exceeds 30% of operational input, but catalyst and engineering contractors are critical
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business_model_type_primary
Technology licensor / capital-light IP model; not cloud-dependent; a cloud termination would affect administrative systems but not core technology delivery
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business_model_type_secondary
Engineering services and joint-venture development; physical hydrocarbon upgrading technology is deployed on-site at client refineries, not via cloud infrastructure
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switching_cost_profile
Minimal API coupling risk; technology is hardware/process-based; clients are locked into GHU design specifications and Genoil engineering support post-installation
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howey_test_risk_index
Low Howey Test risk; revenue model is industrial technology licensing and engineering services; no token, profit-sharing scheme, or passive investment structure present
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regulatory_burden_tier
High
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
data_sovereignty_risk
Minimal GDPR/CCPA exposure; no consumer data collected; primary data is proprietary process engineering IP; compliance risk is low
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antitrust_exposure_flag
Negligible antitrust risk; niche upgrading technology with tiny market share; no market dominance, bundling, or exclusionary conduct concerns
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regulatory_exposure_profile
High burden; regimes: EPA, FERC, DOE, CFTC, OSHA, SEC; Accelerating emissions mandates and methane rules threaten capex economics.
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
revenue_model_type
Predominantly transactional/project-based licensing and engineering contracts; recurring revenue is near-zero; company has struggled to close commercial-scale deals
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monetization_vector
Technology licensing fees plus engineering services revenue; long sales cycles with national oil companies and refiners; revenue highly lumpy and project-dependent
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pricing_architecture
Cost-plus licensing with negotiated royalty structures; pricing tied to upgrader capacity (bbl/day); vulnerable to oil price cycles suppressing client capex budgets
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pricing_power_rating
Low to moderate pricing power; differentiated technology but long competitive sales cycles with state oil companies that have strong negotiating leverage
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target_gross_margin_bracket
Technology licensing gross margins potentially 60-80%; engineering services margins lower at 20-35%; blended margin highly variable given minimal revenue base
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churn_vulnerability_index
No free-rider risk; technology is proprietary and patent-protected; once licensed, clients are captive to Genoil's engineering and maintenance support
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headcount_cost_structure
Headcount-linear for engineering services component; licensing revenue is sublinear to headcount; current team of ~10-15 FTEs limits execution capacity
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marginal_cost_of_growth
Marginal cost of incremental licensing revenue is low once technology is proven; engineering services scaling requires proportional headcount and project management resources
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franchise_compliance_risk
null
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customer_acquisition_metric
At 10x scale, CAC would involve sustained government/NOC relationship investment; unit economics hinge on multi-hundred-million-dollar plant contracts with long payback periods
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network_effect_present
No meaningful network effect; each client installation is independent; reference-site credibility provides modest reputation spillover but no structural network dynamic
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asset_efficiency_ratio
AI displacement risk is low; core value is physical process engineering IP and hydrocracking chemistry; AI cannot substitute proprietary upgrading catalyst/reactor design
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recession_resistance_tier
Low recession resistance; client capex for upgrader installations is highly discretionary and oil-price sensitive; projects shelved rapidly in downturns
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customer_segment_primary
National oil companies and state refiners in Middle East, Latin America, and Asia; high concentration risk with potentially 1-2 customers representing 100% of revenue
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customer_segment_secondary
Independent heavy-oil producers in Alberta, Canada; smaller secondary market but geographically proximate to headquarters and Canadian oil sands operations
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characteristic_occupations
["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "17-0000 Architecture and Engineering Occupations", "19-0000 Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations", "47-0000 Construction and Extraction Occupations", "49-0000 Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations", "53-0000 Transportation and Material Moving Occupations"]
High
SOC-2018/GICS-overlay
agent_automatable_labor_share
0.33 (HIL — ~33% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)
Medium
SOC-2018 + agentic-exposure-v1
capital_expenditure_profile
Capital allocation is minimal and R&D-focused; no legacy infrastructure reallocation; company conserves cash for technology development and business development travel
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sec_cik
0001261002
High
SEC-EDGAR
ticker
GNOLF
High
SEC-EDGAR

Business Model Components

Core Space

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Interaction Modes

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Product Matrix

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Evaluation Gate — Persona Stress Tests

SKILL_BUFFETT_VAL_03PASS2026-07-20no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_LEGAL_SEC_01PASS2026-07-20no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_SHORT_BEAR_01PASS2026-07-20no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_MACRO_STRAT_01PASS2026-07-20no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_OPS_PARTNER_01FAIL2026-07-201 authored question(s) unanswerable — e.g. QBANK_OPS_002 nee

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