UK’s Wood advances carbon solutions for Norwegian CCS projects

UK-based engineering firm Wood on August 26 announced its involvement in delivering carbon solutions for nearly half of Norway’s carbon capture and storage (CCS) licenses, advancing three significant projects on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.

Wood has successfully assessed the technical feasibility of the Trudvang, Luna, and Havstjerne CCS projects, which together have the potential to store up to 21mn tonnes/year of CO2—almost half of Norway’s total CO2 emissions in 2023, which were 46.6mn tonnes.

Azad Hessamodini, executive president of consulting at Wood, stated, “Our long-standing presence in the North Sea, combined with the strategic scopes of work we have secured in the Norwegian Continental Shelf, underscores our commitment to bringing investible and scalable decarbonisation solutions to the region.”

The CCS licenses are held by Sval, Storegga, and Var Energi (Trudvang), Wintershall Dea and Total (Luna), and Wintershall Dea and Altera (Havstjerne). Wood’s technical teams from Stavanger, Sandefjord, Galway, Aberdeen, and Reading are collaborating on these projects.