Equinor JV completes 1.5 MtCO₂/year Northern Lights CCS project (Norway)

The Northern Lights partners (an equal joint-venture between Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies) have completed the first phase of their Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at Øygarden (Norway). The facilities consist in a terminal to receive CO₂ cargoes, a 100 km subsea pipeline for CO₂ transportation to the offshore storage location, and subsea injection facilities into a subsea reservoir, and are now ready to receive and permanently store CO₂ from European industries. The 1.5 MtCO₂/year capacity has been fully booked by industrial customers in Norway and Continental Europe. First CO₂ injection is expected in 2025.

Partners are already carrying out studies for a potential capacity expansion to more than 5 MtCO₂/year in a second phase. The project is part of the large-scale Longship CCS project, initiated by the Norwegian government, which involves the transport, receipt and permanent storage of CO₂ in a reservoir in the northern North Sea.