Carbon capture and storage |
Northern Lights: world first cross border facility completed
What is described as the world’s first cross- border CO2
transport and storage facility is
completed and “ready to receive and store CO2 The Northern Lights CO2
transport and
storage facility, in Øygarden, near Bergen, Norway, was officially opened on 26 September. It is a joint venture between Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies.
“The completion of the Northern Lights facility marks an important milestone for the global development of a business model for carbon capture, transport and storage. It opens a value chain for decarbonisation of European industry and energy and shows the role we and our partners take in developing low carbon solutions in the energy transition,” said Equinor CEO Anders Opedal.
The Northern Lights project is part of the Norwegian full-scope CCS project Longship. The project includes capture of CO2 sources and shipping of liquid CO2
from industrial in Øygarden. From there, the liquefied CO2
to the terminal will be
transported by pipeline to the offshore storage location below the seabed in the North Sea, for “safe and permanent storage.”
“This project demonstrates what can be achieved when authorities and industry are working towards the same goal and co-invest to reduce risks,” says Opedal.
The first phase capacity of 1.5 million tons of
per year is fully booked, while work continues on plans to increase transport and storage capacity in the future.
CO2
Equinor notes that it already operates carbon capture and storage systems at its Snøhvit and Sleipner fields on the Norwegian continental shelf and “matures new capture, transport and storage
projects onshore and offshore” in north west Europe, the UK and the USA.
The Northern Lights JV is a “registered, incorporated general partnership with shared liability”, equally owned by Equinor, TotalEnergies and Shell.
The Northern Lights facility consists of a receiving terminal, injection pipeline and subsea installations.
Equinor has been in charge of building the onshore plant in Øygarden as well as the offshore facilities on behalf of Northern Lights JV and partners. The budget of this scope is 7.5 billion NOK (excluding ships and CO2
capture plants).
Northern Lights is the transport and storage part of the Norwegian Longship CCS project (Image: Northern Lights)
Northern Lights carbon dioxide transport and storage facilities at Øygarden outside Bergen (Photo: Northern Lights)
The first phase is 80% funded by the Norwegian state as part of the Longship project. Longship is a “comprehensive CCS project” initiated by the Norwegian government, aiming to demonstrate CO2
capture, transport, and storage at scale.
Northern Lights focuses specifically on the transport and storage elements. Captured and liquefied CO2
sites is transported by ship to the onshore receiving terminal at Øygarden. From the terminal, CO2
is transported by pipeline for
storage in a reservoir 2600 meters under the seabed in the North Sea.
at the customers .”
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