Northern Lights To Ship & Store Carbon Dioxide (CO2) From Yara’s Plant

Northern Lights, which is a joint venture between energy giants Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies, has signed a deal to ship and store carbon dioxide (CO2) from Yara’s ammonia and fertilizer plant in the Netherlands.

From early 2025, 800,000 tonnes of pure CO2 from Yara Sluiskil will be captured, compressed and liquefied in the Netherlands, and then transported to the Northern Lights store at 2,600 m under the seabed.

Northern Lights is part of the Longship project, funded 80% by the Norwegian government. As part of the project, an order was placed last year at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (DSIC) for a pair of liquified CO2 carriers set to deliver in 2024.

Once in operation, the ships will load captured and liquefied CO2 and transport it to the Northern Lights receiving terminal in Øygarden in western Norway for intermediate storage, before being transported by pipeline for permanent storage in an offshore reservoir.

The deal is the first commercial agreement Northern Lights has penned and the world’s first commercial agreement on cross-border CO2 transport and storage.