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Northern Lights Starts Commercial CO2 Storage With First Injection Under North Sea

Backed by Norway’s Longship program, the Equinor‑Shell‑TotalEnergies venture opens a third‑party transport‑and‑storage service for European emitters.

Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies completed Europe’s first permanent CO2 injection.
Source: Northern Lights JV
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Overview

  • CO2 from Heidelberg Materials’ Brevik cement plant was shipped to Øygarden and injected about 2,600 meters below the seabed into the Aurora reservoir.
  • Phase 1 offers about 1.5 million tonnes per year of storage and is fully booked, with Equinor serving as technical service provider and operator.
  • The partners have approved a Phase 2 expansion to at least 5 million tonnes per year, supported by a Connecting Europe Facility energy grant.
  • Northern Lights plans to handle Norwegian volumes through 2025, with additional shipments from Denmark and the Netherlands expected in 2026.
  • Norway funded roughly 80% of Phase 1 under Longship as the CCS model scales up despite continued questions about costs and climate impact.