CO2-Infrastructure: Aramis Takes The Next Step Towards Investment Decision

The Hague, 25 April 2025 - The Aramis project, a transport infrastructure for large-scale CO₂ reduction, is making progress towards a final investment decision. The project is essential for achieving the climate goals and preserving the industry. The government has also acknowledged this in the supplementary climate package. The initiators Gasunie, Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN), Shell, and TotalEnergies are working on completing the technical design phase and have recently decided to amend their cooperation as set out below.

The Aramis CCS Projekt

The Aramis CCS chain will make a significant contribution to reducing CO₂ emissions by providing hard-to-abate industries the opportunity to transport and safely store captured CO₂ in depleted gas fields under the North Sea. The Aramis project provides an open-access CO₂ pipeline with a capacity of 22 million tonnes of CO₂ per year and aims to be operational by the end of this decade.

What Was Newly Decided and What will Continue

• From April 2025, Gasunie and EBN will take more control over the further development of the Aramis pipeline. TotalEnergies and Shell will remain involved as partners until the final investment decision, contributing essential technical knowledge and expertise to help realise the project.
• The initiators aim for Gasunie and EBN to make an investment decision as soon as possible in 2026. After this, Shell and TotalEnergies will primarily focus on developing CO₂ storage facilities.
• Gasunie, EBN, Shell, and TotalEnergies will continue to develop the Aramis CO₂ pipeline together until the final investment decision expected in 2026. After this, ownership of the Aramis infrastructure (pipeline and distribution platform) will be entirely in the hands of Gasunie and EBN.
• The goal is to operate the Aramis pipeline as part of an integrated CO₂ transport network, utilising Gasunie's network operation experience.
• Shell, TotalEnergies, and EBN intend to continue working with partners on developing two CO₂ storage facilities under the North Sea to help launch the Aramis chain. For these two storage facilities, Shell and TotalEnergies are jointly working towards bringing storage and transport services to the market for industrial customers.
• Gasunie, Vopak, Shell, and TotalEnergies continue the development of the CO₂next terminal.
• EBN and Gasunie are preparing the expansion of the Porthos compression station.
• Gasunie is working with partners on developing CO₂ pipelines in the Delta Rhine Corridor and the Delta Schelde CO₂nnection.
• EBN is working with other partners, including Shell, TotalEnergies, and Eni, on developing other future CO₂ storage facilities. These storage facilities could be connected to the Aramis infrastructure in the future.

Assistance From the Government

In the supplementary climate package, the government has decided to allocate funds for EBN and Gasunie as prospective investors in the Aramis transport infrastructure. This support is intended to realise the project as quickly as possible, given its importance for achieving climate goals and maintaining industry in the Netherlands.