Shell's Northern Lights inks carbon capture deal

Northern Lights, a carbon capture and storage joint venture owned by Shell, Equinor, and TotalEnergies, has secured a commercial agreement with Swedish utility Oresundskraft, which is owned by the City of Helsingborg. The contract will cover the cross-border transport and permanent seabed storage of carbon dioxide captured from the Filbornaverket waste-to-energy facility in Helsingborg, Sweden.

Under the terms of the agreement, Northern Lights will provide transport and storage services for up to 200,000 metric tons of CO2 per year. Captured and liquefied biogenic and fossil emissions will travel by truck from the plant to the Port of Halland in Halmstad, Sweden, before being shipped to a receiving terminal in Øygarden, Norway. The gas will then be permanently injected into a geological reservoir situated approximately 2,600 meters beneath the North Sea seabed.

Operations under the contract are targeted to commence in the fourth quarter of 2029, subject to the fulfillment of agreed conditions. Oresundskraft becomes Northern Lights' second client in Sweden, following an agreement signed in 2025 with district energy supplier Stockholm Exergi. The partnership brings the project's commercial portfolio to seven industrial customers located across four countries, after the venture completed its first commercial CO2 injection in 2025.