Equinor Energy AS has let an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to SLB for the Northern Lights phase two project offshore Norway.
The contract work scope is for two new satellite subsea CO2 injection systems with associated tie-in equipment. Work has begun and first deliveries are expected in 2026.
The award follows the delivery of two subsea injection systems for the first phase of the project in 2023.
The Northern Lights project consists of a receiving terminal, injection pipeline, and subsea installations, and is part of the Norwegian full-scale carbon capture and storage (CCS) project Longship, a project initiated by the Norwegian government aiming to demonstrate CO2 capture, transport, and storage at scale.
Phase two is expected to increase capacity to a minimum of 5 million tonnes/year (tpy) of CO2 from the current 1.5 million tpy (OGJ Online, Mar. 27, 2025).
The Northern Lights project is a joint venture of Equinor, Shell, and TotalEnergies.
Alex Procyk | Upstream Editor
Alex Procyk is Upstream Editor at Oil & Gas Journal. He has also served as a principal technical professional at Halliburton and as a completion engineer at ConocoPhillips. He holds a BS in chemistry (1987) from Kent State University and a PhD in chemistry (1992) from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE).
