Northern Lights CCS, Norway’s pioneering offshore carbon capture and storage project, has reached a major milestone with the award of a critical EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contract to SLB OneSubsea. The subsea joint venture will deliver the CO₂ injection infrastructure for Phase 2 of the project.
The Northern Lights initiative is a collaboration between Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies and is central to Europe’s climate ambitions. Phase 1, scheduled to go live this summer, will begin by injecting 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, with the first CO₂ shipments coming from Heidelberg Materials’ cement plant in Brevik.
With the final investment decision for Phase 2 made in March, the project is now set to ramp up capacity to 5 million tonnes per annum. SLB OneSubsea’s new contract will play a key role in expanding the project’s subsea infrastructure and enabling increased CO₂ storage beneath the North Sea.
This phase marks a significant advancement in global carbon reduction efforts, positioning Norway as a leader in scalable carbon capture and offshore storage technologies.