The Northern Lights joint venture (JV) has received approval from the Norwegian Ministry of Energy for the expansion of the namesake CO2 transport and storage development.

The expansion in Phase 2 will increase the transport and storage capacity from 1.5 million to at least 5 million tons of CO2 per year. The project includes expanding the onshore terminal at Øygarden with a new jetty, constructing additional storage tanks and increasing the pump capacity, while the number of offshore injection wells will be increased from two to four.