Northern Lights Phase II CO₂ transport and storage expansion, Norway

Expansion · Øygarden, Norway · Under Construction

Project of the week

21–27 October 2026

Worley Rosenberg has been awarded the fabrication scope by Subsea7 to deliver subsea spools and structures for Northern Lights Phase II.

The contract was reported on 14 October 2026. The project reached final investment decision in March 2025 and entered the construction phase the following month.

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Open-access expansion of the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage system, the storage part of Norway's Longship CCS project. It adds new onshore tanks and pumps, a second jetty with electric loading arms, a ~5 km subsea pipeline, additional injection wells, and a ship fleet growing from four to eight vessels delivered 2H 2028–1H 2029. The work is backed by a EUR 131 million EU CEF grant and by customer agreements, including up to 900,000 t/yr of biogenic CO2 from Stockholm Exergi.

Where it stands

Under Construction

Post-FID execution: detailed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) are in progress, with physical work underway on site.

  1. FID / Sanctioned March 2025 Source: equinor.com
  2. Commissioning & Start-up Ahead
  3. Operational / Completed 2028 Source: corporate.totalenergies.no

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