World’s First Commercial CO₂ Storage Site Launches in Norway
Norway has opened the world’s first commercial carbon storage service, with the Northern Lights consortium — led by Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies — injecting CO₂ beneath the North Sea seabed.
Captured emissions are liquefied, shipped to the Oygarden terminal, and piped 2.6km underground for permanent storage. The first injection came from Heidelberg Materials’ cement plant in Brevik.
Northern Lights, largely state-funded, has signed three contracts in Europe and can store 1.5 million tonnes of CO₂ annually, with capacity projected to rise to five million tonnes by 2030.
