Our CO₂ transportation grid starts

Elbe estuary cluster

OGE is planning to build a CO₂ pipeline infrastructure around the Elbe estuary near Brunsbüttel. Together with powerful partners, a first CO₂ cluster is to be established at the end of the 2020s. The aim is to link the Lägerdorf, Brunsbüttel and Heide sites and thus develop a CO₂ circular economy. This cooperation project will allow the efficient and safe transportation of captured CO₂ from the cement plant in Lägerdorf to the recycling or storage sites. The planned pipeline network will be about 70 km in length and will become part of a German CO₂ transportation network.

WHV CO₂ Corridor project

WHV CO₂ Corridor is a project developed by OGE to connect the future energy hub in Wilhelmshaven with the Ruhr region via a western route. Among other things, this project will open up the ‘cement region’ of East Westphalia as well as the Ruhr area with Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf and Cologne as Germany's industrial heartland to allow about 30 percent of the residual CO₂ emissions to be connected with the CO₂ export options in Wilhelmshaven. Bremen will be developed on the eastern route and connected to the other corridors, e.g. the DK CO₂ Corridor. Equinor, TES and Wintershall Dea are known to be among the companies planning to export CO₂ in Wilhelmshaven at present. The WHV CO₂ Corridor project is a core element of the CO₂ activities and complements the DRC, NSCC und DKCC with the aim of establishing a north-west European CO₂ transportation system.

Delta Rhine Corridor project:
H₂ and CO₂ transportation between the Netherlands and Germany

BASF, Gasunie, OGE and Shell have signed a cooperation agreement to advance the idea of the Delta Rhine Corridor project together with potential customers. The DRC project aims to transport CO₂ to storage facilities off the Dutch coast, in particular via the Aramis system. The Dutch government has recognised the added value for society and declared the initiative to develop the Delta Rhine Corridor a project of national interest. The German government and the government of North Rhine-Westphalia also support the project. With politics and society on our side, we can take a huge step in advancing the energy transition. We are ready!

The Delta Rhine Corridor project is a core component of the CO₂ activities and complements the WHVCC, NSCC and DKCC projects, with the aim of establishing a north-west European CO₂ transport system.

For more information about the joint project, go to www.delta-rhine-corridor.com

The project has been recognized by the European Union as a “Project of Common Interest” and is co-funded by the EU.

North Sea CO₂ Corridor

CO₂ transport from Germany to the Norwegian North Sea

The North Sea CO₂ Corridor (NSCC) project provides a connection to permanent CO₂ storage sites in the Norwegian North Sea. As part of the cross-border CO₂ transport corridor, OGE is developing a high-performance onshore pipeline infrastructure in Germany. This will open up the regions of Aachen, Cologne, the Rhineland and southern Germany. The aim is to transport CO₂ from industrial centres to the Belgian border. There, it will be connected to Fluxys' Belgian CO₂ network, which will enable further transport to the export terminal in Zeebrugge. From Zeebrugge, a planned offshore pipeline from Equinor will transport CO₂ to storage sites in the Norwegian North Sea.

The project completes the cross-border ‘Project of Common Interest’ EU2NSEA to establish a European CO₂ transport infrastructure towards the Norwegian North Sea.

Important planning steps are being co-financed with European funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The project also enjoys broad support from the German federal government and the state government of North Rhine-Westphalia.

The NSCC project is a core component of CO₂ activities and complements the WHVCC, DRC and DKCC projects, with the aim of establishing a north-western European CO₂ transport system.