Project · CCS · Norway

Northern Lights CO2 transport & storage — Phase 2

The reference project for CCS-as-infrastructure in Europe — offshore pipeline, injection wells and receiving-terminal expansion all running in parallel, a template for the CO2 value chains (incl. Porthos in Rotterdam) that Dutch engineering firms are also chasing.

Checked by hand against the sources below (2026-10-20).

  1. Engineering (now)
  2. Fabrication (now)
  3. Transport & installation (next)
  4. Hook-up
  5. Commissioning
  6. Operation

Now Engineering · Fabrication (reported: engineering / fabrication (detailed engineering in full swing, fabrication underway at several yards per March 2026 reporting))

Next Transport & installation · not announced

Roles Project management & controls · Construction & supervision · QA/QC & HSE · Role groups per phase: our planning assumption from the Crew Forecast model.

Later Operation 2028 (start-up from 2028, as reported)

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Who works on it as the sources name them

  • Subsea7EPC / main contractorEPCI contractor for five-kilometre CO₂ pipeline; installation of satellite structures, umbilicals, tie-ins and pre-commissioning; offshore operations…
  • Aker SolutionsEPC / main contractorEPC of Phase 2 onshore facilities; work at Fornebu, Stord and Mumbai, with completion expected 2028.
  • OneSubseaEPC / main contractorEPC contract for the CO2 subsea injection system
  • Worley RosenbergFabrication / constructionFabrication of subsea structures and spools for Phase 2 under award from Subsea7, announced 14 October 2026.

Who else needs construction people in Northwest Europe

May 2027 is busier than usual here: 56 projects and stops in this phase, against a typical 25.5 a month.

46Oct 2026381513Jan 2027162336Apr 2027565346Jul 20274034
announced projectsplanned stopstypical phase length, not announcedas of 2026-10-24
How we count

Counted from the project database (sources on each project page) and planned power-station stops (Nord Pool UMM, Elexon, Elia). Announced: the phase falls in the month by announced dates, or a stop's own dates. Typical: only the start is known, so the project counts for at most the typical length of that phase for its type (Crew Forecast model). Operation is not counted. Role groups per phase are our planning assumption. Counts, not people.

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Kind
CCS
Country
Norway
Size
Raises transport & storage capacity from 1.5 to more than 5 million tonnes CO2/year
Operator
Northern Lights JV
Position
60.61°N 4.87°E, approximate

On the Radar each linked to its source

  1. 15 October 2026Worley awarded subsea structures contract for Northern Lights Phase 2
  2. 14 October 2026Worley Rosenberg awarded subsea fabrication for Northern Lights Phase 2
  3. 17 March 2026Northern Lights Phase 2 on track to more than triple CO2 storage capacity by 2028
  4. 31 March 2025Subsea7 begins EPCI work on the Northern Lights Phase 2 CO2 pipeline

Sources

  1. Northern Lights Phase 2: Expanding Europe's CO2 Storage CapacityNorthern Lights (project operator) · published 2025-2026 · read 2026-10-20
  2. Northern Lights: a CO2 transport and storage project to reduce industrial emissions in EuropeTotalEnergies · published 2026 · read 2026-09-19
  3. Subsea7 starts engineering for Northern Lights Phase 2 CO2 pipelineOffshore Magazine · published 2026 · read 2026-09-19
  4. Investing NOK 7.5 billion in expansion of the groundbreaking Northern Lights CCS-projectEquinor (company newsroom) · published 2025-03-27 · read 2026-10-08
  5. Delivering subsea infrastructure for flagship CCS project in NorwayWorley · published 2026-10-14 · read 2026-10-20
  6. Subsea7 awarded contract offshore NorwaySubsea7 · published 2025-03-31 · read 2026-10-20
  7. Aker Solutions awarded contract for second phase of the Northern Lights carbon storage projectAker Solutions · published 2025-04-01 · read 2026-10-20
  8. SLB OneSubsea secures EPC contract for Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage project expansionSLB OneSubsea · published 2025-06-25 · read 2026-10-20
  9. Worley awarded subsea structures contract for Northern Lights Phase 2Offshore Energy (Navingo) · published 2026-10-15 · read 2026-10-23
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