Offshore staffOSLO, Norway — The Norwegian Energy Ministry has awarded six companies exploration licenses to store CO 2 in four areas in the North Sea. The successful bidders are Aker BP, Equinor, Lime Petroleum, OMV (Norge), PGNiG Upstream Norway and Vår Energi. The company’s Smeaheia storage license, awarded in 2022, is the anchor for this pipeline development, with Albondigas and Kinno to provide additional storage opportunities. "Gaining access to more CO 2 storage capacity aligns well with our ambition of having 30-50 MMt tons of CO 2 transport and storage capacity per year by 2035," Tveit said. Aker BP and PGNiG Upstream Norway were jointly awarded the Atlas CO 2 storage license in the North Sea, close to Aker BP-operated Yggdrasil Field development.
