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Carbon capture and storage

For industries emitting a lot of carbon-heavy flue gas, the piping-away and safe injection of carbon-dioxide (CO2) into offshore wells may be the only way to capture, remove and store the greenhouse gas.

Linking CO2 storage to CCS

Under the LINCCS partnership, Aker Solutions is developing the subsea equipment that will define viable carbon capture and storage offshore, enabling injection of liquefied CO2 gas from hard-to-abate heavy industry.

LINCCS is a partnership of research outfits, energy companies and suppliers that seeks to link large-scale, offshore CO2 storage to the carbon-capture-and-storage supply chain. This is about the repurposing of offshore assets and knowhow into sustainable business opportunities. The aim is to securely store 100 million tonnes of CO2 annually by 2030. That’s twice Norway's total yearly CO2 emissions.

Read more about the LINCCS partnership

Subsea deliveries

A standard Aker Solutions CO2-control-valve xmas tree (CO2 XT) for injector wells is installed on the Northern Lights Project. It began operation in September 2024, and today controls the injection of liquefied CO2 flue-gas (industrial exhaust) into the saline aquifer.

Building on our experience from this project, a succession of CO2-specific trees are under development at our Norwegian development centre to serve third-party CO2 injector wells.

Integrated CCUS

New subsea equipment is the latest in a range of pioneering CCS advances. Aker Solutions has been developing solutions for carbon capture and storage for almost 30 years:

  • Sleipner | CO2 storage, Norway: Since 1996, carbon dioxide has been successfully stored 800 meters below the North Sea in the Utsira Sand formation. A carbon-capture, compression and injection system separates and stores one million tonnes of CO2 every year in a giant, saline aquifer.
  • Northern Lights | Integrated CCS, Norway: Since 2024, one and a half million tonnes of liquefied CO2 from capture sites is shipped annually to an onshore receiving terminal in western Norway, before being piped and then injected into a reservoir 2600 meters below the seabed via an Aker Solutions CO2 XT. We also carried out the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work for the land terminal. In 2025, we were selected as supplier for NL phase 2, extending the storage of this project to 5 million tonnes. 
  • CO2-Capture | FEED, Norway: In 2008, we launched our first test unit and since 2016 we have supported multiple carbon capture projects with front-end engineering and design, including Heidelberg Norcem cement factory at Brevik, Klemetsrud waste-to-energy plant in Oslo.
  • Net Zero Teesside | Integrated knowhow, UK. Aker Solutions contributes integrated CCS knowhow to a project that includes the installation and commissioning of an 860-megawatt combined cycle-gas turbine, subsea injection and reservoir monitoring facilities. An estimated 4 million tonnes CO2 will be captured annually at source in the UK East Coast Cluster, then piped 145 km and injected into the Endurance saline aquifer. 
  • Research and development: Aker Solutions continues to advance R&D in LINCCS and subsea CCS equipment.

For more on our commitment to zero-emissions industry, watch this 2023 video from our development center for offshore CCS solutions.

LINCCS: Finding a fitting end to flue-gas CO2

For more on our commitment to zero-emissions industry, watch this video from our development centre for offshore CCS solutions.