Some five days after taking the final investment decision (FID), Northern Lights joint venture (JV) partners Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies have submitted the plan for development and operation (PDO) to the Norwegian Ministry of Energy for the expansion of the namesake CO2 transport and storage development.

The partners announced on March 27 the FID for the expansion project which will increase transport and storage capacity to a minimum of 5 million tons CO2 per year, following the signing of a commercial agreement to transport and store up to 900,000 tons CO2 from Stockholm Exergi annually.