Energy Transition

Yara signs deal for shipments of CO2 with Northern Lights partners

Nov. 20, 2023

Ammonia producer Yara International has signed a binding commercial agreement with the Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage joint venture.

Yara Sluiskil will capture approximately 800,000 tons of CO2 from the process gas from its ammonia production each year.

Offshore staff

OSLO, Norway — Ammonia producer Yara International has signed a binding commercial agreement with the Northern Lights CO₂ transport and storage joint venture.

This will involve annual liquefaction of 800,000 t of emissions from process gas from the ammonia plant at Yara Sluiskil in the Netherlands for shipment to permanent storage on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, 2.6 km beneath the seabed in the North Sea.

According to Yara, the annual deliveries will be equivalent to 0.5% of the Netherlands’ total emissions in 2022. Over the next 15 years, the company expects to remove about 12 MMt of CO₂ from its production in Sluiskil.

The liquefied CO₂ will be shipped to Øygarden for storage in onshore tanks prior to onward transport via a subsea pipeline for injection to the offshore saline aquifer.

Operations will start in 2025 and continue for 15 years.

11.20.2023