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Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies launch the first subsea CO2 injection in Norway

The Northern Lights project has injected its first volume of CO2 under the North Sea, marking an industrial milestone for carbon transport and storage in Europe.

Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies launch the first subsea CO2 injection in Norway

CountriesDanemark, Pays-Bas, Norvège, Suède
CompaniesShell, TotalEnergies, Equinor, Yara
SectorCarbone, Captage
ThemeInvestissements & Transactions, Financement, Développement de projets

The Northern Lights consortium, bringing together Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, announced the operational commissioning of its vessels, terminals and wells dedicated to subsea carbon dioxide (CO2) storage. The first injection was carried out in a saline aquifer located 2,600 meters beneath the seabed of the North Sea. This operation materializes several years of investments supported by both public and private funding.

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