The Norway Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has awarded two new exploration licences for CO2 storage on the Norwegian continental shelf. The north-west licence - Havstjerne - was offered to a consortium of Wintershall Dea (50%, operator) and Altera Infrastructure Group through its subsidiary Stella Maris CCS (50%), for an up to 7 MtCO2/year carbone capture and storage (CCS) project, to be located 135 km south of Stavanger.
The eastern licence - named Poseidon - was awarded to a consortium consisting of Aker BP (60%, operator) and OMV (40%) for an up to 5 MtCO2/year CCS project that would capture CO2 from multiple identified industrial emitters in North-West Europe (including Borealis industrial sites). Partners have already signed a collaboration agreement with Höegh LNG to provide the marine CO2 infrastructure for the project.
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, which had already awarded exploration permits for CCS project in two areas on the Norwegian shelf to Equinor (20 Mt/year Smeaheia project), Horisont Energi, and Vår Energi (2 Mt/year Polaris project) in April 2022 had also received applications from Equinor, Neptune Energy, Storegga, Sval ENergi and Wintershall Dea.