Technology Centre Mongstad: capturing the future of global decarbonisation
Page date: Published 24 Mar 2023; updated 30 Sep 2026. 3 min read.
Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM) is described as an open-access facility for testing post-combustion carbon capture. Established in 2012 as a partnership between Gassnova (on behalf of the Norwegian state), Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, it tests and verifies capture technologies in industrial conditions. The facility includes amine and chilled-ammonia plants and a site for emerging technologies. The article says TCM has conducted public test campaigns with MEA and CESAR-1 solvents, published over 70 scientific papers and obtained an emissions permit addressing health risks related to amine-based capture.
Located beside Equinor’s Mongstad refinery, TCM accesses flue gas with CO2 concentrations from 4% to 15%. The article lists around 100,000 metric tons per year of combined capture capacity for its two main plants and up to 18,000 tonnes per year at the emerging-technologies site. More than 4,000 online instruments and manual sampling points support operational measurements. These are facility specifications reported by the page.
TCM provides testing, operational training, troubleshooting and data sharing. The article describes its role in Norway’s Longship full-scale carbon capture, transport and storage value chain, including preparing projects for commissioning and long-term operation. The page links to CCUS project examples, including CaptureMap and Yara/Northern Lights.
Related links: Energy; CCUS; TCM; Gassnova; Longship.