Northern Lights Successfully Stores First CO2

25 August 2025

(Image credit: Northern Lights)

The first CO2 volumes have now been transported through the 100-kilometer pipeline and injected into the Aurora reservoir 2,600 meters below the seabed of the Norwegian North Sea.

“We have reached an exciting milestone: We now injected and stored the very first CO₂ safely in the reservoir. Our ships, facilities, and wells are now in operation,” said Tim Heijn, Managing Director of Northern Lights JV.

Northern Lights will transport and store CO2 from Norway during the remainder of 2025, with CO2 volumes from Denmark and the Netherlands expected to be added in 2026.

Northern Lights JV is a registered, incorporated General Partnership with Shared Liability (DA) owned by Equinor, TotalEnergies, and Shell.

Commercially Based Investment for Expansion of Northern Lights

In March of 2025, Northern Lights made the final investment decision for the expansion project, which will increase transport and storage capacity from 1.5 million tonnes CO2 per year to a minimum of 5 million tonnes CO2 per year, following the signing of a commercial agreement with Stockholm Exergi. The expansion is enabled by a grant from the Connecting Europe Facility for Energy (CEF Energy) funding scheme.

The expansion leverages existing infrastructure and includes additional onshore storage tanks, pumps, a new jetty, injection wells, and more CO2 transport ships to enable an increased injection rate and volume.

“We are excited to continue building additional capacity following the positive investment decision for the second phase,” said Tim Heijn.