16.12.2022
The State Support Agreements pertaining to the Longship CCS project have been published on the government’s website.
Through the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, the state has entered into State Support Agreements with the companies Norcem AS, Hafslund Oslo Celsio AS and Northern Lights JV DA in respect of their involvement in the Longship CCS project.
Longship is a collaboration between the Norwegian state and private businesses. This project is the first of its kind, aimed at developing an infrastructure with the capacity to store significant amounts of CO2 from multiple countries. The project consists of the two capture operators, Norcem and Hafslund Oslo Celsio, as well as the transportation and storage provider Northern Lights.
Redacted versions of these State Support Agreements were published on 7 December 2022 on the government’s website.
Source: regjeringen.no
The now-complete wells are located about 70 kilometres west of Bergen in the North Sea. The drilling work began in August of this year and has recently concluded. Two wells have been drilled, one for carbon injection, and back-up well for if the primary well is not operational due to maintenance work or other reasons. …
– Dette er en merkedag for CO2-fangst i avfallsbransjen. Prosjektet på Klemetsrud vil være et viktig teknologisk bidrag for å nå klimamålene. Jeg er stolt over at vi får til dette som en del av Langskip-prosjektet, sier olje- og energiminister Terje Aasland i en pressemelding.
