CCUS Norway’s consultation response on the proposed amendments to the storage regulation

📢 CCUS Norway has submitted its consultation response on the proposed amendments to the storage regulation

Norway's Ministry of Energy has put forward proposed changes to the CO2 storage regulation and CCUS Norway has submitted feedback on behalf of our members (industrial companies, technology providers, consultants, and research institutions).

Our core message: the regulatory framework must actively enable smaller actors with lower CO2 volumes to participate, not just the large capture players. If Norway is to meet its climate ambitions, smaller industrial emitters also need a real pathway into CO2 storage, either on their own or in collaboration with others.

Key points from our submission:
✅ We support consolidating exploration, development, and operation into a single permit
✅ We support easing qualification requirements so license partners can meet them collectively rather than individually
✅ We support full flexibility in choice of company structure for collaboration between smaller actors
✅ We support the proposal allowing sharing of exploitation permits (§4-16), but call for a mandatory coordination agreement between license holders and clearer approval criteria
✅ We support a coordinating role for transport infrastructure (§6-4), and call for this to ensure meaningful inclusion of smaller players – including those reliant on ship-based transport
✅ We highlight that effective enforcement of third-party access to storage infrastructure (§5-12) is essential for smaller actors to gain real access to the value chain.

CCUS Norway will continue advocating for a framework that makes room for the full breadth of Norwegian industry in the CCS value chain.

👉 Click here to read the full position paper (in Norwegian)