8. Appendix A

Table of permits and licences relevant to the storage development.

The table lists the different storage-related applications, consents, licences and permits⁰¹. The table is not exhaustive, but covers the major steps in the “permit-regime”. The laws and regulations governing the different permits are listed in Section 2.1. Note that the listed applications and permits could be processed/approved simultaneously or in slightly different order than listed.

Permit	Regulation/law	Regulation holder	Responsible authority	Status permits in Longship project
Survey licence	Storage Regulations, Chapter 2	Storage operator	Ministry of Petroleum and Energy	Not applied in the Longship project
Exploration licence	Storage Regulations, Chapter 3	Storage operator	The King in Council	Not applied in the Longship project
Permit to drill exploration wells	Regulations relating to materials and documentation in connection with surveys for and utilisation of subsea reservoirs on the continental shelf to store CO₂, Section 15	Storage operator	Norwegian Petroleum Directorate	Drilling permit⁰² (boreløyve) (29.11.2019)
Permit to drill investigation and injection well(s)	Pollution Control Act, Section 11 Management Regulations, Sections 25 and 26 CO₂ Safety Regulations, Section 12	Storage operator	Norwegian Environmental Agency, with consent from Petroleum Safety Authority	Drilling, Aurora field: Verification well (31/5-7, EOS): Permit, Norwegian Environmental Agency (25.09.2019) Consent from Petroleum Safety Authority⁰³ (12.09.2019) Well 31/5-A-7 AH and 31/5-C-1 H: Application from NL⁰⁴ (09.03.2022)
Exploitation licence for underground reservoirs for injection and storage of CO₂*	Storage Regulations, Chapter 4	Storage operator	The King in Council (Ministry of Petroleum and Energy)	Exploitation licence, EL001⁰⁵ (11.01.2019)
Consent to establish a CO₂ receiving facility	Regulations on the handling of flammable, reactive and pressurised substances and equipment used for this purpose, Section 17	Storage operator	Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (based on Environmental Impact Assessment)	Consent from Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection⁰⁶ (15.04.2021)
Permit for CO₂ emissions	Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Act, Section 5 (subject to the Pollution Control Act, Section 11)	Storage operator	Norwegian Environmental Agency	To be issued
Permit to discharge (chemicals) when preparing the pipeline to the storage site	Pollution Control Act, Section 11	Storage operator	Norwegian Environmental Agency	To be issued
Permit for injection and storage of CO₂	Pollution Control Regulations, Section 35-4 Storage Regulations, Section 5-2 Management Regulations, Sections 25 and 26 CO₂ Safety Regulations, Section 12	Storage operator	Norwegian Environmental Agency (consent from Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, (Norwegian Petroleum Directorate), Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, and Petroleum Safety Authority), ESA	Storage operator will apply closer to the start of injection (end of 2022 according to plan)
Licence to install and operate facilities	Storage Regulations, Sections 4-5, 4-6, 6-1 and 6.2 CO₂ Safety Regulations, Section 11	Storage operator	Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Petroleum Safety Authority	Plan to install and operate the transport, receiving- and storage facilities approved (PDO/PIO) by Ministry of Petroleum and Energy⁰⁷ (25.02.2021)

*This is not for the injection and storage, only for the right to exploit the reservoir, see Permit for injection and storage of CO_2.

_{01 The English translations of the laws and regulations use both permit and license for the Norwegian term “tillatelse”. We have used the term that is used in the corresponding translation.
02 Boreløyve for brønn 31/5-7 i utnyttelsesløyve 001 – Oljedirektoratet (npd.no)
03 2019_1049-brv-equinor—samtykke-til-leteboring-av-co2-verifiseringsbronn.pdf (ptil.no)
04 Equinor søker om utslipp fra boring av CO2-injeksjonsbrønner på Aurora i Nordsjøen og fra legging av kontrollkabel. – Miljødirektoratet (miljodirektoratet.no)
05 Utnyttelsestillatelse-el-nr-1.pdf (npd.no)
06 Equinor får samtykke til mottaksanlegg for CO2 – Direktoratet for samfunnssikkerhet og beredskap (dsb.no)}

_{07 Northern Lights – godkjennelse av plan for utbygging, anlegg og drift (regjeringen.no)}

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