On 25 August 2025, the Northern Lights joint venture, owned by Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies, injected CO₂ for the first time into the Aurora offshore reservoir, 2.6 km below the North Sea seabed. The CO₂ was transported from Heidelberg Materials’ cement plant in Brevik, Norway, via ship and a 100-km pipeline.
Phase 1 of the project has an annual capacity of 1.5 million tonnes of CO₂, which is fully booked. Transport and storage from Norwegian sources will continue through 2025, with volumes from Denmark and the Netherlands expected in 2026.
Northern Lights is part of Norway’s Longship full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) initiative. Phase 2, approved in March, will increase capacity to at least 5 million tonnes per year and add onshore storage tanks, pumps, a new jetty, injection wells, and CO₂ transport ships.
Northern Lights is the first commercial CO₂ transport and storage provider. Early customers include Heidelberg Materials, Hafslund Celsio, Yara, Ørsted, and Stockholm Exergi.
