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Global energy technology company SLB has been selected as strategic reservoir partner for the Havstjerne carbon storage project in the Norwegian North Sea, providing technology and engineering services for the concept and front-end engineering and design (FEED) phases.
The project is a large-scale offshore carbon storage development in Norway intended to serve industrial emitters across Europe, operated by Harbour Energy in consortium with Stella Maris CCS, a Yinson Production company.
SLB will coordinate an integrated project scope that connects analysis of the underground storage reservoir with injection well design, subsea infrastructure and plans for monitoring stored CO2 as the Havstjerne partnership develops the project’s technical, cost and schedule basis ahead of a final investment decision.
The scope includes concept and FEED studies delivered through close collaboration between SLB and its OneSubsea joint venture.
Gavin Rennick, President of SLB’s New Energy and Industrial business, said, “Carbon storage projects are moving from individual technical studies toward integrated development models that connect the subsurface, wells and offshore infrastructure.”
SLB will provide the early engineering study, subsurface and reservoir maturation and wells, while SLB OneSubsea will deliver the concept and FEED of the subsea injection system, comprising the template manifold, all-electric trees, control system, umbilical and distribution system. This integrated approach is intended to improve technical coordination across the storage system and reduce the number of technical and contractual interfaces.
An appraisal well drilled in 2025 confirmed reservoir quality suitable for CO2 injection and storage, providing an important technical basis for the project’s continued development.
The Havstjerne project received €225m from the EU Innovation Fund in 2025 and selected a low-pressure floating storage and injection concept focused on “system reliability, low cost and commercial flexibility”.
Lars Gunnar Vogt, Chief Technical Officer of Yinson Production, added, “We believe large-scale, cost-competitive CO2 storage infrastructure will play an important role in serving industrial emitters, and we look forward to continuing our collaboration with Harbour Energy and SLB.”
Norway energy firms Vår Energi CCS, Aker Solutions and Knutsen NYK Carbon Carriers announced they are teaming up on the Trudvang CCS project in the North Sea .
