Offshore staff
FORNEBU, Norway – Equinor has awarded Aker Solutions EPC contracts covering onshore and offshore aspects of Norway’s Northern Lights CO2 storage project.
The contractor has received a letter of award for the EPC of the proposed plant facilities at the Energiparken in Øygarden, near Bergen, Norway.
This will receive and store liquid CO2 from various industrial capture sites, for subsequent export through a pump and pipeline system for injection in a reservoir 2,600 m (8,530 ft) beneath the North Sea.
Pre-fabrication for the onshore facilities will take place at Stord prior to site installation. The scope includes facilities at a jetty for importing CO2 from ships, storage tanks for intermediate storage of CO2, and process systems.
Work is due to start in January with completion targeted for 1Q 2024.
Aker Solutions’ other contract covers the subsea injection system for the CO2 well in the North Sea, with installation and completion scheduled for 2023. Terms include options for equipment for future wells.
Total value of the two contracts is around NOK1.3 billion ($151 million). Work will start in January 2021, and the deliveries will be completed within the first part of 2024.
Northern Lights is part of the Norwegian government’s Longship project for establishing full scale CO2 capture, transport and storage facilities.
12/17/2020
