What we do

CCS is a necessary solution to decarbonise industry and reach net zero goals. Northern Lights has developed an open and flexible infrastructure to transport CO₂ from capture sites by ship to a receiving terminal in western Norway for intermediate storage, before being transported by pipeline for safe and permanent storage in a reservoir 2,600 metres under the seabed.

The first phase development of the project is the transport and storage component of Longship, the Norwegian Government’s full-scale carbon capture and storage project. We have completed the first phase of Northern Lights’ CO₂ transport and storage infrastructure, with an initial capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year. With operations starting in summer 2025, we are now  expanding to a minimum of 5 million tonnes annually with a commercially based investment to meet growing demand from European industries. This is supported by an EU grant from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).

Northern Lights aims to contribute to establishing a commercial CCS market in Europe. Northern Lights is now ready for operations, and will be the first to deliver cross-border CO₂ transport and storage as a service.

• Once the CO₂ is captured from its source, it will be liquefied and transported by custom designed ships, injected and permanently stored 2,600 metres below the seabed of the North Sea.
• The CO₂ receiving terminal is located at the premises of Energiparken industrial area in the municipality of Øygarden in western Norway.
• The CO₂ storage complex has been named Aurora and is part of Exploitation Licence EL001 which was awarded in January 2019.
• In March 2020, the Eos confirmation well was successfully drilled and completed, confirming the reservoir characteristics and storage capacity.
• In 2022, detailed well planning was performed and the drilling and completion programs for the phase 1 injection well A-7 AH and contingent well C-1 H were finalised.
• The Northern Lights JV was launched in March 2021.
• The infrastructure of the CO2 receiving terminal was completed in 2024.
• In March 2025, Northern Lights took the next step with a commercially based investment decision for Phase 2, expanding our annual capacity to a minimum of 5 million tonnes of CO₂.