Northern Lights facility (Norway): first volumes of CO₂ injected into a seabed infrastructure

The first volumes of CO₂ have been transported by ship from a Norwegian cement factory to the Northern Lights facility in Norway and then injected at sea into storage facilities, TotalEnergies reports on 25/08/2025.

The CO2 is injected into a reservoir 2,600 metres below the seabed off the coast of Øygarden in western Norway.

" The start of operations at Northern Lights is propelling the CCS sector into a new phase in Europe. This industry is now becoming a reality, offering hard-to-abate sectors a credible and tangible solution for reducing their CO2 emissions," says Arnaud Le Foll, Director of New Business - Carbon Neutrality at TotalEnergies.

By 25/08/2025, Northern Lights will count five industrial customers: Hafslund Celsio (Norway), Heidelberg Materials (Norway), Yara (Netherlands), Ørsted (Denmark) and Stockholm Exergi (Sweden).

Northern Lights is a joint venture between TotalEnergies, Norske Shell and NorgeEquinor ASA and aims to develop cross-border CO2 transport and storage services. It is the world's first commercial CO2 transport and storage project.

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