First CO2 from Brevik successfully stored under seabed

TotalEnergies, Equinor and Shell have announced that the first CO₂ volumes from Heidelberg Materials' Brevik plant in Norway were successfully transported to Northern Lights temporary storage hub in Øygarden before being injected 2600m below the seabed into the permanent storage facility, 100km off the coast of western Norway. 

“With the start of operations of Northern Lights, we are entering a new phase for the CCS industry in Europe. This industry now moves to reality, offering hard-to-abate sectors a credible and tangible way to reduce CO₂ emissions,” said Arnaud Le Foll, senior VP new business - carbon neutrality at TotalEnergies. 

In its first phase Northern Lights' CO₂ storage project has a capacity of 1.5Mta CO₂, which has been fully reserved for customers from Norway, The Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden. The second phase of the project, of which the final investment decision was announced in March, will increase the capacity to more than 5Mta.