Shell's CCS projects
Shell is actively involved in a range of carbon capture and storage projects around the world.
Explore the map to find out more about some of these projects.
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CCS facilities in operation (3 operating sites)
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CCS projects in development (12 projects)
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CCS study agreements (6 studies)
Gorgon
On Barrow Island, off the northwest coast of Western Australia, Shell Australia holds a 25% stake in the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project which uses CCS.
The natural gas produced at Gorgon contains high concentrations of CO2 and the CCS operations aim to capture 3 to 4 million tonnes of this CO2 each year, with 100 million tonnes of CO2 captured and stored over the life of the project. By the end of 2022 the project had stored more than 7 million tonnes of CO2.
Find out more via the Shell Australia website .
Quest
In Alberta, Shell Canada operates Quest, a CCS facility that captures, transports and stores more than a million tonnes of CO2 every year from the Scotford Upgrader.
The Scotford Upgrader is a facility that turns bitumen into synthetic crude oil using hydrogen. The Quest CCS facility is designed to capture about half of the CO2 that is created as part of the production of this hydrogen.
Since starting up in 2015, Quest has captured and safely stored more than 9 million tonnes of CO2.
Technology Centre Mongstad
In Norway, the Technology Centre Mongstad, or TCM, is the world’s largest test centre for developing CO2 capture technologies.
Able to simulate real-world conditions to test mature and emerging CCS technologies, the work done at TCM helps to reduce the costs and risks associated with carbon capture technology deployment.
TCM is owned by the Norwegian State through Gassnova together with Shell, Equinor and TotalEnergies.
Find out more about the Technology Centre Mongstad .
Acorn Project
In Scotland, Shell UK, Storegga and Harbour Energy are equal partners in the Acorn Project, each holding a 30% interest, alongside North Sea Midstream Partners, who hold a 10% interest.
The Acorn Project looks to provide critical CCS and hydrogen infrastructure to help the UK to decarbonise. Acorn is specifically designed to service multiple emitters around Scotland, the UK and Europe, and the aim is for the project to be operational in the 2020s and storing at least 5 million tonnes of CO2 every year by 2030.
Shell, as technical developer, assumed responsibility for the technical planning and execution of the project in April 2022.
Find out more about the Acorn Project and the Scottish Cluster at their websites.
Aramis
In September 2021, Shell Netherlands, TotalEnergies, Energie Beheer Nederland and Gasunie formed a partnership to enable large-scale CO2-reduction for industry in the Netherlands. Under the name Aramis, these parties are planning to work together to develop new CO2 transport infrastructure to enable offshore CO2 storage. The partners in the Aramis project are looking to take a final investment decision in 2023, with the intention to start operating in 2026, subject to approvals.
The project aims to make an important contribution to the CO2 reduction targets for 2030, as laid down in the Dutch National Climate Agreement and the European Union's Green Deal.
Find out more via the Aramis website .
Shell Offshore Carbon Storage NL (SOCS NL)
SOCS NL will offer CO2 storage capacity in the Dutch sector of the North Sea and transportation solutions using Aramis infrastructure. The aim is to have the first store (3.7 mtpa) operational by 2029-2030 with more capacity to become available after 2032.
Find out more via the SOCS NL website .
Northern Lights
Shell Norway is part of the Northern Lights project, a collaboration between Shell, TotalEnergies and Equinor. The project includes the transportation and permanent storage of CO2 in a reservoir in the Norwegian North Sea captured from industrial plants across Europe.
Onshore construction started in 2021, and in September 2024, the site celebrated that the facility was ready to receive CO2.
The storage capacity of the project is up to 1.5 million tonnes of CO2 storage per year.
For more details visit the Northern Lights project website .
Polaris and Atlas
In Canada, Shell is constructing Polaris, a carbon capture project designed to capture approximately 650,000 tonnes of CO2 annually from the Shell-owned Scotford refinery and chemicals plant in Alberta.
Shell is also a 50/50 partner with ATCO EnPower in the Atlas Carbon Storage Hub. The first phase of Atlas will provide permanent underground storage for CO2 captured by the Polaris project. A future phase of the Atlas Carbon Storage Hub, that could potentially store carbon for the partners and third parties, is subject to a future investment decision.
CO2 emissions captured by Polaris will be sent to the Atlas Hub via an approximately 22-kilometre pipeline to two storage wells. CO2 will be stored there approximately two kilometres underground in the Basal Cambrian Sands, the same formation used to successfully store CO2 from the Quest CCS facility.
Read more about the Polaris and Atlas projects.
Porthos
In the Netherlands, the Port of Rotterdam Transport Hub and Offshore Storage (Porthos) project, which is currently in development, is a joint venture between EBN, Gasunie and the Port of Rotterdam Authority looking to transport CO₂ from industrial plants in the Port of Rotterdam and store it in empty gas fields beneath the North Sea.
When built, Porthos will transport and store CO2 that is captured by various companies, including 1 million tonnes per year from the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam. The project aims to store up to 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 a year and could make a significant contribution to meeting the Dutch climate ambitions.
In 2021, Shell Netherlands, along with Air Liquide, Air Products and ExxonMobil, signed the final contracts with Porthos for the transport and storage of CO2. As soon as a positive investment decision has been taken, the construction of infrastructure will start. It is expected that the system will be operational by 2024 or 2025.
Find out more via the Porthos website .
South Wales Industrial Cluster
In Wales, Shell UK is part of the South Wales Industrial Cluster (SWIC), a group looking to decarbonise the region using, amongst other technologies, CCS.
South Wales is the second largest industrial emission cluster in the UK, releasing the equivalent of 16 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year across industry and energy generation, and the SWIC project could help to significantly reduce emissions in the area.
Louisiana hub
Shell is developing a large-scale CCS project in southern Louisiana focused on Shell’s CO2 footprint at the Norco, Convent, and Geismar refineries and chemical plant.
The project will also act as a CCS hub for other emitters in the region.
Southeast Asia hub
Shell is exploring the possibility of a carbon capture and storage hub to decarbonise operations at Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Singapore and help third parties reduce their own emissions.
Cooperation agreement between Shell Malaysia and Petronas
In 2022, Shell Malaysia signed a Cooperation Agreement with Petronas to deepen collaboration in exploring the development of carbon sequestration hubs in Malaysia.
This builds on the Joint Study and Collaboration Agreement Shell had signed with Petronas in 2021.
Read more in the press release .
East China project
In 2022, Shell China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sinopec, Baowu and BASF to explore the feasibility of developing an open-source carbon capture, utilisation and storage project in the East China region.
If successful, this project could lead to the capture of CO2 emissions from industrial companies in the region. These emissions could then be shipped to a receiving terminal on CO2 carrier ships, before being transported to onshore and offshore storage sites through short pipelines. China has significant geological potential for storing carbon, with an estimated 2,400 gigatonnes (Gt) in storage capacity, second only to the USA. It currently has more than 40 CCUS pilot projects with a total capacity of 3 million tons.
Find out more via the press release .
Daya Bay
In 2022, Shell signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CNOOC, Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission and ExxonMobil to explore the feasibility of developing a carbon capture and storage hub in the Daya Bay National Economic and Technological Development Zone in Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China.
The four parties are exploring the development of the CCS hub to capture up to 10 million tonnes of CO2 a year. If successful, it will be China’s first offshore large-scale CCS hub which could help reduce significant CO2 emissions of the Daya Bay National Economic and Technological Development Zone and serve the decarbonisation needs of the enterprises in the area.
Find out more in this press release .
Investigation agreement with Mitsui
In 2022, Shell signed a joint investigation agreement with Mitsui to explore the feasibility of carbon capture and storage in Asia Pacific, including Japan.
The collaboration will also explore the conditions and policies needed to develop CCS and evaluate options for owning and chartering ships designed to carry liquid CO2.
Find out more via the press release .
Joint study agreement with Yulin National Economic and Technological Development Zone
In April 2022, Shell signed a joint study agreement with Yulin National Economic and Technological Development Zone.
The agreement kicks off a year-long joint study to explore how to use Shell's CCS technology and experience to help Yushen Industrial Park achieve large-scale carbon reduction targets.
MoU between Shell Eastern Petroleum and Brunei Shell Petroleum
In 2022, Shell Eastern Petroleum signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Brunei Shell Petroleum to explore the feasibility of carbon transport and storage options for Brunei and Singapore.
This could potentially form part of a carbon capture and storage Southeast Asia CCS hub.
Find out more in this press release .
MoUs with Tokyo Gas and Osaka Gas
In 2022, Shell and Tokyo Gas and Osaka Gas signed separate MoUs to explore potential opportunities to accelerate decarbonisation across their production value chains.
The agreements include assessing a range of potential solutions including hydrogen, renewables-based synthetic gas, biomethane and CCUS.
Read more in the press release .
Northern Carnarvon
Shell along with joint venture partners Woodside, BP, Chevron and MIMI have been awarded a Greenhouse Gas Assessment Permit in the Northern Carnarvon basin off the north-western coast of Western Australia.
The joint venture is exploring the creation of a large-scale multi-user CCS facility.
The size of the CCS facility is subject to the completion of additional technical, regulatory and commercial studies, but notionally could have a processing capacity of up to 5 million tonnes of CO2 per year.
Read more here .
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