Norway 2025 CO2 Storage Licensing Round (EXL014)
Norway announced one North Sea CO2 storage area on March 5, 2025 under the CO2 Storage Regulations (“Announcement 2025, round 1” — officially the eighth CO2 storage award process, not a fourteenth licensing round; the database ID is kept for compatibility). Following evaluation, Equinor Low Carbon Solutions was offered exploration licence EXL014 effective June 24, 2025. The round continues the Ministry of Energy practice of sequenced storage acreage awards that built the Smeaheia, Luna, Trudvang, Havstjerne and Poseidon pipeline alongside Northern Lights, with French-industry reporting noting several domestic emitters in advanced storage-contract talks. Licensing pairs with the full Norwegian storage regime: NPD resource management, PSA safety oversight, post-closure state stewardship, and London Protocol-compatible export arrangements that let European emitters book Norwegian capacity.
National Governance Context
Norway Overview
Aggregate National Maturity Index (Peak Strength)
Governed Policies
4
Identified Projects
54
Related Policy Network
Directly Linked Assets
CO2 TO METHANOL Finnfjord Ferrosilicon
CCU — 0.3 Mtpa
Equinor Mongstad refinery
Capture — 0 Mtpa
Celsio CCS project terminal
Transport — 0.4 Mtpa
Eramet Sauda
Capture — 0.26 Mtpa
Stakraft Varme Heimdal (Trondheim)
Capture — 0.22 Mtpa
Returkraft Kristiansand
Capture — 0.13 Mtpa
Climeworks Enova DAC+S plant
Capture — 0 Mtpa
Rana ferroglobe
Capture — 3.7 Mtpa
Rana ferrosilicon smelter capture
Capture — 1.5 Mtpa
Eramet Manganese Porsgrunn phase 2
Full chain — 0 Mtpa
Iroko carbon storage
Storage — 7.5 Mtpa
Kinno carbon storage (EXL010)
Storage — 5 Mtpa
Albondigas carbon storage (EXL008)
Storage — 5 Mtpa
Atlas carbon storage
Storage — 0 Mtpa
Kaupang carbon storage (EXL012)
Storage — 0 Mtpa
Forsete carbon storage (EXL013)
Storage — 0 Mtpa
Havstjerne CO2 Storage (FSIU)
T&S — 0 Mtpa
NorDAC Kollsnes (Øygarden)
Full chain — 0.5 Mtpa
Norske Skog Skogn (Levanger)
CCU — 0.1 Mtpa
Treklyngen Bioforbrenning (Hønefoss)
CCU — 0.1 Mtpa
Fritos carbon storage (EXL014)
Storage — 0 Mtpa
Project Norway phase 3
Capture — 0.03 Mtpa
Project Norway phase 2
Capture — 0.009 Mtpa
Frevar KF / Kvitebjorn BIO-EL (Borg CO2) (2 facilities)
Capture — 0.12 Mtpa
HeidelbergMaterials Brevik
Capture — 0.4 Mtpa
Kollsnes DAC facility
Capture — 0.5 Mtpa
Lyse Forus Energigjenvinning Stavanger
Capture — 0.1 Mtpa
Altera Stella Maris CCS Project Phase 2
T&S — 3 Mtpa
Norske Skog Saugbrugs (Borg CO2)
Capture — 0.15 Mtpa
Northern Lights Phase 1
T&S — 1.5 Mtpa
Northern Lights Phase 2
T&S — 3.7 Mtpa
Hafslund Oslo Celsio
Capture — 0.35 Mtpa
Polaris offshore storage facility
Storage — 8 Mtpa
Sleipner
Full chain — 1 Mtpa
Snohvit CO2 capture and storage
Full chain — 0.7 Mtpa
Aukra Hydrogen Hub
Full chain — 0 Mtpa
Barents Blue ammonia project Train 1
Capture — 2 Mtpa
Barents Blue ammonia project Train 2
Capture — 2 Mtpa
HyDEMO (shelved??)
Capture — 0.15 Mtpa
Barents Blue ammonia project Train 3
Capture — 2 Mtpa
Errai storage project
Storage — 8 Mtpa
Luna storage
Storage — 5 Mtpa
Borregaard / SAE (Borg CO2) (2 facilities)
Capture — 0.15 Mtpa
BIR Waste-to-Energy Bergen
Capture — 0.1 Mtpa
EU2NSEA PCI Project
Transport — 20 Mtpa
Equinor Smeaheia storage phase 2
T&S — 24 Mtpa
Trudvang storage project (EXL007)
Storage — 10 Mtpa
STARFISH project (Havstjerne CO2 storage/Altera Stella Maris CCS Project Phase 1)
T&S — 4.275 Mtpa
Poseidon CO2 storage
Storage — 5 Mtpa
Equinor Smeaheia storage phase 1 (start up phase)
T&S — 5 Mtpa
Climeworks Norsk e fuel phase 1
CCU — 0.039 Mtpa
Gismarvik CO2 hub
Transport — 24 Mtpa
Climeworks Norsk e fuel phase 2
CCU — 0.035 Mtpa
Climeworks Norsk e fuel phase 3
CCU — 0.184 Mtpa