Northern Lights sees first successful CO2 storage in Norwegian North Sea

TotalEnergies, along with partners Equinor and Shell successfully stored the first CO₂ volumes in the Norwegian North Sea as part of the Northern Lights joint venture (JV). The CO₂, which was transported via pipeline from the Heidelberg Materials cement factory in Brevik, Norway, was injected 2,600 m below the seabed into the Aurora reservoir, 100 km off the coast of Western Norway.

Northern Lights is the world’s first merchant CO₂ transportation and storage project. The first phase of the project has a storage capacity of 1.5 Mt CO₂/year, which has been fully booked by customers from Norway and Continental Europe. Final Investment Decision of the second phase was announced in March 2025, which will increase the project capacity to more than 5 Mt CO₂/year from 2028.

The development of CO₂ transport and storage services is one of the necessary levers for reducing emissions for European industry. Northern Lights has developed a strong customer base in Norway and continental Europe, with five industrial customers: Hafslund Celsio and Heidelberg Materials in Norway, Yara in the Netherlands, Ørsted in Denmark and Stockholm Exergi in Sweden.