Northern adniestria energy storage project

Who Supplied subsea infrastructure equipment for Northern Lights CO2 storage site?

Aker Solutions was contracted for the supply of subsea infrastructure equipment for the early well development at the Northern Lights CO 2 storage site in January 2019. Ashtead Technology provided subsea installation monitoring services for early well development for the project.

What is the Northern Lights project?

The Northern Lights project is part of the Norwegian full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project. The full-scale project will include capture of CO 2 from one or two industrial capture sources. The Northern Lights project comprises transportation, receipt and permanent storage of CO₂ in a reservoir in the northern North Sea.

Will Equinor's Smeaheia storage site increase CO2 storage capacity?

Equinor’s Smeaheia storage site, located to the south of Northern Lights, has the potential to increase storage capacity many times over. In 2022, Northern Lights secured the world’s first commercial agreement on cross border CO 2 transport and storage with fertilizer company Yara International.

Which companies are investing in the Northern Lights project?

Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies are investing in the Northern Lights project — Norway’s first licence for CO₂ storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf and a major part of the initiative that the Norwegian government calls Longship. Carbon capture and storage will play a major role in the Norwegian climate solution.

Who are Gassnova & Shell partners for the Northern Lights project?

Shell and Total joined Equinor (formerly Statoil) as the partners for the Northern Lights project in September 2017. Gassnova completed the front end engineering and design (FEED) studies for the CO 2 storage project by September 2019.

Will Yara fill the capacity of Northern Lights Phase 1?

"Yara, our first commercial customer, will fill the available capacity of Northern Lights Phase 1. This agreement will establish a market for CO2 transport and storage. From early 2025, we will be shipping the first tons of CO2 from the Netherlands to Norway.