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Longship: Norway’s pioneering CCS project sets a new course for Europe
- Published 17 March 2023; updated 30 September 2026; estimated reading time 3 minutes. The updated article describes Longship as Norway’s full-chain carbon capture, transport and permanent storage programme. Heidelberg Materials’ Brevik cement-plant capture facility, with stated capacity of about 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually, was inaugurated in June 2025; first captured CO₂ was transported to Northern Lights that month and injected into the offshore reservoir in August 2025. Hafslund Celsio’s Oslo waste-to-energy capture project resumed development after a cost-optimisation pause and is expected to capture about 350,000 tonnes annually when operational.
- Northern Lights, developed initially by Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies and now operated by Northern Lights JV, accepts CO₂ from European emitters. The article says liquefied CO₂ is shipped to Øygarden, piped offshore and injected about 2,600 metres under the seabed. It became operational in 2025 with 1.5 million tonnes/year capacity. Norway approved Phase 2, designed to raise capacity to at least 5 million tonnes/year; the page projects readiness in the second half of 2028. EU Project of Common Interest status enabled EUR 131 million in Connecting Europe Facility funding.
- Milestones listed: first North Sea injection well drilled (2020); ship keel-laying and agreements with Ørsted (430,000 tonnes/year biogenic CO₂ from Denmark from 2026) and Yara (800,000 tonnes/year from the Netherlands from 2026) in 2023; delivery of Northern Pioneer and Northern Pathfinder (2024); first CO₂ transported/injected and Stockholm Exergi agreement (up to 900,000 tonnes/year biogenic CO₂ from Sweden) in 2025; Phase 2 approval in 2025; Phase 2 planned completion in 2028. These future dates and volumes are plans stated by the page.
- The article credits cooperation among government, agencies, research, academia and industry, and says Gassnova has supported CCS technology development and cost reduction since 2005. It notes former Gassnova CEO Morten Henriksen had stepped down and was to become Nortura CEO in March 2026. No direct contact block is shown. Related industries: Energy and CCUS; several solution links are included.