The Trudvang Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) project is planned to be developed in the Norwegian North Sea in a bid to reduce emissions from energy production and help mitigate climate change.
The CCS will be located under seabed within the Trudvang Storage Licence. The licence is operated by Norwegian exploration and production (E&P) company Sval Energi with 40% interest.
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UK-based decarbonisation development business Storegga (30%), and Norway-based oil and gas company Vår Energi (30%) are the other partners.
Vår Energi became a partner in the CCS project following the acquisition of the original project partner Neptune Energy in January 2024.
The Trudvang Project is in the process of moving forward with Pre-Front-End Engineering and Design (Pre-FEED) studies. It is expected to commence operations in 2029.
Sval is responsible for day-to-day management of Trudvang’s activities, while Vår Energi and Storegga support the operator with personnel.
Trudvang Licence Details
The Trudvang carbon dioxide storage licence is located in the east of the Sleipner Field, around 165km offshore Norway.
The Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy offered the area in the North Sea in January 2023 for carbon dioxide injection and storage.
In February 2023, Sval Energi, Storegga, and Neptune Energy applied for the carbon dioxide storage licence. The partners were awarded the licence in August 2023.
The storage reservoir of the licence is situated in the Utsira Formation, a primary reservoir. The geological formation is filled with saline water.
Carbon dioxide generated from the Sleipner Field has been injected into this formation for more than 25 years demonstrating its safety.
The reservoir can store large volumes of carbon dioxide permanently.
The Exploration license (EXL) 007 represents the seventh CO2 storage licence on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) to be awarded and the first for Sval.
CCS is part of Sval’s decarbonisation strategy as it seeks to achieve net-zero by 2050.
Trudvang CCS Project Details
The Trudvang CCS Project will capture carbon dioxide from various industrial emission sources in Northern Europe and the UK.
The captured carbon dioxide will be liquefied and transported to a receiving onshore terminal in the south-west of Norway from different locations via carriers.
Subsequently, CO2 will be shipped via vessels or directly transported via purpose-built pipeline to the permanent storage reservoir.
A fixed injection facility at the site may also be constructed to facilitate the storage process.
The project will assess different development concepts and finalise a value chain that will meet customer requirements, safety standards, has a low carbon footprint and will be cost-competitive as well as meet the decision schedule.
The CCS project will have the potential to store nine million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of carbon dioxide, nearly 20% of Norway’s annual CO₂ emissions.
The injection is expected to last around 25 years, preventing emission of more than 225 million tonnes (mt) of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
The partners will continue to assess reservoir capacities to further optimise injection volumes.
Trudvang Project Contractors
In August 2024, Sval Energi selected Computer Modelling Group’s (CMG) comprehensive CCS technology for the Trudvang Project.
As agreed, CMG will deliver its integrated CCS workflow, which is powered by CoFlow, CO2LINK, and GEM, and Kongsberg Digital’s LedaFlow.
The solution combines reservoir simulation, geochemistry and geomechanics, steady-state and transient wellbore analysis, and surface pipeline network simulation into a single interactive CO2 model. This enables a holistic view of the entire CO2 storage process helping in designing an optimal carbon dioxide storage site.
CO2LINK is a simulator coupling software that streamlines carbon dioxide injection and storage processes.
The software integrates LedaFlow, an advanced transient multiphase flow simulator from Kongsberg Digital, and GEM, a reservoir simulator of CMG.
