25.04.2023
Do you want to know more about what Norway’s Longship CCS project has achieved so far? Gassnova has just published a timeline where you can explore studies and reports released ranging from its inception up to today.
Longship is one of the first CCS projects in the world aimed at developing an infrastructure with the capacity to store significant amounts of CO2 from multiple countries. Through Longship, Norway is right at the cutting edge of the development of a technology that could be crucial for achieving climate goals.
In autumn 2018, it was decided that full-scale work could commence, and both the Hafslund Oslo Celsio and Heidelberg Materials capture projects were able to carry out front end engineering design (FEED) planning. Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies also carried out FEED planning for the transport and storage project through the Northern Lights partnership.
Working on the realisation of gains and knowledge sharing has been key to the work of Gassnova and industry actors. An important part of the work has been to show that the Norwegian full-scale project could pave the way for more CCS projects in Europe.
Hafslund Oslo Celsio and Heidelberg Materials delivered their FEED reports in late autumn 2019. The transport and storage FEED planning was completed in Q1 2020, and in May of the same year, the Northern Lights partnership submitted its plan for the development of the transport and storage part of the full-scale project. Gassnova’s reports from the pilot project phase, including an evaluation of the capture projects, was also submitted to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy before summer 2020. The reports form an important part of the authorities’ decision-making basis.
On 21 September 2020, the Norwegian government launched the “Longship” CCS project. In January 2021, the project was approved by the Storting.
On the Longship timeline, you can see how the project has developed from its inception up to today. It is continuously updated with important events for the project.
You will also find feasibility studies, concept studies and analyses that support the basis for Longship investment decisions. In addition, there are also links to the lessons learned and regulatory learning reports.
The report “Regulatory lessons learned from Longship” is written by Gassnova. In this report the regulatory issues and challenges facing Longship and how these are resolved are discussed in light of the state’s different roles. – We are very pleased that we now can share this report which we believe will be useful for everyone …
Longship will provide learning related to the regulation and incentivization of CO2 management activities that others can benefit from. As Langskip is the first entire CCS chain to be regulated in Norway, the interface between regulatory authorities had to be clarified. How dangerous are CO2 emissions? One of the main risk areas for the CCS …
