據烴加工2021年5月9日奧斯陸報道，挪威著名碳技術初創公司Horisont 能源公司和挪威著名石油天然氣集團Equinor將在挪威北極地區合作開發一個1億噸碳捕獲和儲存項目。

　　碳捕獲和儲存技術已被各國政府、能源公司和行業視為遏制二氧化碳污染、實現碳凈零排放目標的關鍵技術，但目前投入運營的商業項目卻寥寥無幾。

　　Horisont 能源公司首席執行官Bjoergulf Haukelidsaeter Eidesen對路透社表示，兩家公司計劃在挪威北部海岸的海底巖層建造Polaris碳儲存設施。

　　Polaris項目是同樣位于挪威北部的“藍色巴倫支海”項目的一部分，這個項目利用清除了二氧化碳的天然氣生產氨，氨在工業生產過程中被廣泛使用。

　　Eidesen表示，挪威能源巨頭Equinor和Horisont能源公司是Polaris和Barents Blue項目的共同所有者，這兩個項目的投資預計將在2022年底做出最終決定。

　　到目前為止，Equinor已經在其斯萊普內爾和斯諾赫維特油氣田捕獲并儲存了2600萬噸二氧化碳，Equinor同時也是挪威“北極光”二氧化碳運輸和儲存項目的合作伙伴。

　　Horisont能源公司在一份聲明中表示：“如果得到開發，北極星項目將進一步提高挪威的碳運輸和儲存地位。”

　　李峻 編譯自 烴加工

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　　Equinor, Horisont Energi to develop carbon capture project in Norway

　　Norwegian carbon tech company Horisont Energi and oil and gas group Equinor are to team up to develop a 100 million ton carbon capture and storage project in Norway's Arctic.

　　Carbon capture and storage has been cited by governments, energy companies and industry as a key technology for curbing CO2 pollution and reaching net-zero carbon emission targets, but few commercial projects are currently in operation.

　　The two companies plan to create the Polaris carbon storage facility in subsea rock formations off the coast of northern Norway, Horisont Energi's chief executive Bjoergulf Haukelidsaeter Eidesen told Reuters.

　　Polaris is part of the Barents Blue project, also in northern Norway, for producing ammonia, which is widely used in industrial processes, from natural gas cleansed of CO2.

　　Equinor and Horisont are joint owners of Polaris and Barents Blue and expect a decision on the estimated 10 billion Norwegian crowns ($1.21 billion) investment for the two projects at the end of 2022, Haukelidsaeter Eidesen said.

　　Equinor has captured and stored 26 million tons of CO2 at its Sleipner and Snoehvit oil and gas fields to date and is also a partner in Norway's Northern Lights CO2 transport and storage project.

　　"The Polaris project will, if developed, further enhance Norway's carbon transport and storage position," Horisont Energi said in a statement.