Norway’s Northern Lights CCS project completes CO2 storage facilities
The developers of the major Northern Lights carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Norway have completed the CO2 receiving and storage facilities.
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Northern Lights seen from North Sea oil rig
Stunning pictures of the Northern Lights have been captured from a North Sea oil rig by a lucky roughneck off the coast of Aberdeen.
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Shipping column: Greener OSVs, Diamonds and Northern Lights
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Equinor’s Trollvind project was born out of power necessity
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Subsea 7 wins £40million contract for Equinor Northern Lights CCS
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Aker Solutions wins £110m of work on Northern Lights project
Aker Solutions has been awarded a contract by Equinor for delivering the new CO2 receiving facilities Northern Lights outside Bergen, Norway.
Equinor, Shell and Total celebrate as Northern Lights CCS scheme gets go-ahead
The Norwegian Government today approved the final investment decision for the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage project.
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Europe’s CCS projects boosted by increased funding
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Northern Lights captured near Alaskan drilling rig
This incredible image of the Northern Lights was captured by staff from oil major BP close to one of its rigs in Alaska.