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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.

CCS · Norway (Europe, outside North Sea deep-dive scope — Norwegian Sea/Øygarden coast) · every fact below is as reported by the linked sources, checked by hand on 2026-10-08.

Size
Raises transport & storage capacity from 1.5 to more than 5 million tonnes CO2/year
Operator / developer
Northern Lights JV — Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies (each 33.3%)
Phase, as reported
engineering / fabrication (detailed engineering in full swing, fabrication underway at several yards per March 2026 reporting)
Checked on
2026-10-08

Phase track steps named in the reported phase are marked

  1. FID
  2. Engineering
  3. Fabrication
  4. Construction
  5. Installation
  6. Commissioning

Who builds it as stated by the sources

  • Equinor / Shell / TotalEnergies (Northern Lights JV) — developer, FID holder
  • Subsea7 — technical service provider — EPCI of a ~5 km CO2 pipeline plus satellite structures, umbilicals, tie-ins, offshore ops 2026-2027
  • Aker Solutions — EPC contracts for Phase 2 (scope not itemised in sources checked)
  • SLB OneSubsea — EPC contract for the CO2 subsea injection system

Key dates as stated by the sources

FID
March 2025
Startup target
From 2028

Disciplines likely needed our inference

  • pipeline/subsea engineering
  • process engineering (terminal)
  • offshore installation supervision
  • commissioning
  • HSE

Our inference from project kind and phase — not stated by the sources below.

On the Radar news about this project, each linked to its source

  1. 17 March 2026Northern Lights Phase 2 on track to more than triple CO2 storage capacity by 2028
  2. 31 March 2025Subsea7 begins EPCI work on the Northern Lights Phase 2 CO2 pipeline

Sources checked on 2026-10-08

  1. Northern Lights Phase 2: Expanding Europe's CO2 Storage CapacityNorthern Lights (project operator) · published 2025-2026 · retrieved 2026-09-19
  2. Northern Lights: a CO2 transport and storage project to reduce industrial emissions in EuropeTotalEnergies · published 2026 · retrieved 2026-09-19
  3. Subsea7 starts engineering for Northern Lights Phase 2 CO2 pipelineOffshore Magazine · published 2026 · retrieved 2026-09-19
  4. Investing NOK 7.5 billion in expansion of the groundbreaking Northern Lights CCS-projectEquinor (company newsroom) · published 2025-03-27 · retrieved 2026-10-08

Position on our globe: 60.61°N 4.87°E. Location approximate: Øygarden receiving/injection terminal near Bergen, Norway.

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