Editing Brevik CCS (section)

==CCS Project==
===Capture===
Heidelberg Materials (then HeidelbergCement / Norcem) reports that early work on full-scale capture concepts at Brevik dates back to the mid-2000s.<ref name="HM_Brevik_Journey_2024">Cite web url=https://www.heidelbergmaterials.com/sites/default/files/2024-07/Vetle%20Houg_Pioneering%20carbon%20capture%20in%20the%20cement%20industry.pdf</ref> The Brevik site was subsequently included among candidate industrial facilities evaluated under Norway’s broader CCS maturation efforts, which progressed through feasibility and engineering phases during the 2010s.<ref name="Regj_2016_Feasibility">|url=https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/departementene/ed/pdf/summary.pdf </ref>

Key milestones include:
* '''May 2013–2017:''' Norcem ran a CO<sub>2</sub> capture project programme at Brevik (reported in technical presentations as launched in 2013).<ref name="Norcem_PIRT_2014">|url=https://fossil.energy.gov/archives/cslf/sites/default/files/documents/warsaw2014/Bjerge-NorcemCO2CaptureProject-PIRT-Warsaw1014.pdf</ref>
* '''December 2020:''' Norway’s Parliament approved investment in Longship, including a full-scale capture facility at Brevik.<ref>="HM_2020_Parliament" </ref><ref>name="BrevikCCS_Main"</ref>
* '''January 2021:''' Initial project implementation work began at Brevik following the parliamentary decision.<ref>name="BrevikCCS_Main"</ref>
* '''December 2024:''' The capture facility reached mechanical completion (as reported by SLB Capturi).<ref>name="SLB_Capturi_Project"</ref>
* '''May 2025:''' The project recorded early ramp-up capture of the first 1,000 tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub>, including liquefaction and temporary storage on-site.<ref name="SLB_Capturi_1000">https://capturi.slb.com/resources/news/2025/slb-capturi-achieves-first-1000-metric-tons-co2-captured-at-brevik-carbon-capture-plant</ref>
* '''June 2025:''' The facility was officially opened; Heidelberg Materials reported first volumes of CO<sub>2</sub> captured, liquefied and stored, with initial Northern Lights shipments beginning during ramp-up.<ref>="HM_2020_Parliament" </ref>
* '''Summer 2025:''' The project stated it entered operation during summer 2025.<ref>name="BrevikCCS_Main"</ref>
* '''August 2025:''' Reuters reported first CO<sub>2</sub> injection and storage for Northern Lights using CO<sub>2</sub> shipped from Brevik.<ref>name="Reuters_2025_Injection"</ref>

Brevik CCS captures CO<sub>2</sub> from the cement kiln flue gas using a post-combustion [[Chemical Solvent|chemical solvent]] solvent process.<ref>name="BrevikCCS_FAQ" </ref> The capture plant is supplied by [[SLB Capturi]] and described as based on its Big Catch™ concept, including CO<sub>2</sub> capture, conditioning, compression, intermediate storage, and ship loading facilities integrated with the operating cement plant.<ref> name="SLB_Capturi_Project" </ref><ref name="BrevikCCS_Partners">|url=https://www.brevikccs.com/en/partners-and-collaboration</ref>

SLB Capturi reports the design includes heat integration and use of recovered (waste) heat from the cement plant and compression system to support capture operations.<ref name="SLB_Capturi_Project" />


===Transport===
''Main Article: [[Northern Lights]]''

The Brevik CCS project supplies CO<sub>2</sub> to the Northern Lights joint venture for transport and storage. CO<sub>2</sub> is transported to the receiving terminal by [[CO2 Shipping|liquid CO<sub>2</sub> ships]]

===Storage===
''Main Article: [[Northern Lights]]''

The Brevik CCS project transfers CO<sub>2</sub> to the Northern Lights joint venture for transport and storage. CO<sub>2</sub> is injected via subsea pipeline to an offshore reservoir.