Wintershall Dea AS and partner CapeOmega AS, a private infrastructure owner on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, have been awarded a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage license in the Norwegian North Sea by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, the company said in a release Oct. 5. The Luna license lies 120 km west of Bergen and is estimated to hold a CO2 storage injection capacity of up to 5 million tonnes/year (tpy).
The company plans to build a CO2 hub in Wilhelmshaven, CO2nnectNow, on the German North Sea coast to enable collection and transport of CO2.
In August, the operator signed a cooperation agreement with Equinor Energy to pursue development of a CCS value chain connecting continental European CO2 emitters with offshore storage sites on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (OGJ Online, Aug. 30, 2022).
Wintershall Dea is operator of the Luna license with 60% interest. CapeOmega holds 40% interest.
Until now, three storage permits have been awarded on the Norwegian continental shelf, two in the North Sea and one in the Barents Sea. This permit marks the third permit awarded in the North Sea and the fourth area allocated for CO2 storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
