AGR to assess North Sea Havstjerne site for CO2 storage
May 13, 2024
Altera Infrastructure has asked AGR to perform an independent third-party storage evaluation of the Havstjerne CO2 storage license in the Norwegian North Sea.
In March, the Norwegian Ministry of Energy awarded Altera and partner Wintershall Dea a carbon capture and storage (CCS) license to develop Havstjerne.
The CO2 storage site, with estimated capacity of 7 MM mt/year, is 100 km southwest of Egersund.
AGR’s scope will include CO2 storage site screening and characterization, and geological assessment and mitigation of the risks associated with CO2 leakage. The Havstjerne reservoir should be in operation in 2027.
The project partners plan to inject CO2 transported by shuttle tankers and pipeline from multiple carbon capture hubs across mainland Europe. AGR will apply its experience from its previous work for the Northern Lights and Greensand projects offshore Norway and Denmark.
Previously the company assisted the Norwegian Offshore Directorate in compiling a CO2 Atlas of the Norwegian Continental Shelf, which documents potential carbon storage sites including capacity volumes.
