The CCS chain
The Government proposes to first implement carbon capture at Norcem’s cement factory in Brevik. In addition, the Government also intends to fund Fortum Oslo Varme’s waste incineration facility in Oslo, providing that the project secures sufficient own funding as well as funding from the EU or other sources. Northern Lights (Equinor, Shell and Total) is handling the transportation and storage of CO2.
The CO2 will be transported by ship from the east of Norway to the west coast. Northern Lights will pump the CO2 through a pipeline to an area in the North Sea, before safely storing it more than 3 kilometers below the sea bed.
Fortum Oslo Varme
- Capture of 400 000 tonnes of CO2 per year
- Amine technology
- Includes CO2 cleaning, liquefaction and buffer storage (4 days)
- Delivering CO2 to Northern Lights at quayside
Norcem
- Capture of 400 000 tonnes of CO2 per year
- Amine technology
- Includes CO2 cleaning, liquefaction and buffer storage (4 days)
- Delivering CO2 to Northern Lights at quayside
Transport
- 1 ship per capture plant
- Transport distance about 700 km
- Liquefied state of CO2 (15 barg, -26°C)
- Onshore terminal in Øygarden (west coast Norway) with buffer storage, pump and heater
- 110 km pipeline, 12 inch diameter
Storage
- Storage 3000 meters under the sea bed in the North Sea
- One injection well with scope for expansion