The M.V. Seven Oceans has commenced pipe spooling for the world’s first full-scale open-source Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project, Northern Lights, at Subsea7’s Vigra Spoolbase in Norway.
Subsea7’s pipelay vessel arrived at the snow-covered base to spool the first section of the 100km pipeline that will run from Øygarden to Equinor’s CO2 storage complex in the North Sea.
The spooling began on the first stalk via the large 3,800 tonnes mounted reel, located on the main deck of the M.V. Seven Ocean. The operation will involve the spooling of 1500 stalks of 12 inch rigid carbon steel pipe, with a wall thickness of 15.9 mm.
The Northern Lights project is part of the Norwegian full-scale CCS project “Langskip” (Longship), for the transportation, receipt and permanent storage of CO2 in a reservoir in the northern North Sea. The CO2 receiving terminal will be located in the municipality of Øygarden in Western Norway.
“The Northern Lights Project is an exciting opportunity for Subsea7 and marks an important step in Subsea7’s journey to enable the growth of emerging and renewable energies to make the energy transition possible,” says Senior Vice President Subsea7 Norway Monica Th. Bjørkmann.
