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Northern Pioneer CO 2 ship arriving Stavanger
Northern Lights is a joint venture between Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies. It is the world’ s first cross-border carbon transport and storage facility. The first volumes of CO 2 were transported through the 100km pipeline and injected into the Aurora reservoir below the seabed of the Norwegian North Sea in summer 2025.
The first phase has a storage capacity of 1.5 Mt of CO 2 per year. A market is being established, with the first phase fully booked by companies including Heidelberg Materials, Yara and Hafslund Celsio.
The phase two expansion, planned to operate by the second half of 2028, will take capacity to 5 Mt per year. It will include nine onshore storage tanks, larger pumps, a new jetty and two new injection wells. sustainabilitymag. com 75