Vestland CCUS 2025

Vestland CCUS is for those who work to achieve carbon capture, use and storage, in practice. And who wants to meet others and get the latest update from industry, research and academia.

We are pleased to announce Vestland CCUS 2025, a one-day event dedicated to carbon capture, utilization, and storage in the Vestland region.

📅 Date: Thursday, 27 November 2025
📍 Location: NG5 læringsarena, Nygårdsgaten, Bergen
🕘 Time: 09:00–17:00 (followed by a reception and mingling)

The day will feature a full program of presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities with key stakeholders in the CCUS community in Vestlandet.

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Organized by NORCE and the University of Bergen, in cooperation with Energiomstilling Vest, Center for Sustainable Subsurface Resources and Climit.

Program: detailed program(Program VCCUS 2025_incl timeschedule)

0900-0920: Coffee and registration
Introduction: moderated by Trine Mykkeltvedt (NORCE)
–  Welcome (Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, University of Bergen)
–  The Climate Challenge and the Global Energy Transition (Tore Furevik, Nansensenteret)
–  The role of the North Sea in European Decarbonization (Goran Durakovic, PwC)

Can we do CCS? : moderated by Helge Dahle (University of Bergen)
–  TCM Mongstad’s Role in Advancing CCS: Achievements and the Road Ahead (Svein Ingar Semb, Gassnova, Chairman of the board TCM Mongstad)
–  Capture is solved (Cathrine Hval Carlsen, SLB Capturi)
–  Transporting CO₂ in pipelines, (Antonie Oosterkamp, NORCE)
–  Halliburton in the CCS Landscape (Vivek Bakke Lie, Halliburton)
–  Scaling up CCS – What does the law say about cross-border CCS fields or shared aquifers? (Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui, University of Bergen)

Storing CO₂ : moderated by Sarah Gasda (NORCE)
–  From Lab to World: The Traveling FluidFlower Experience (Martin Fernø, University of Bergen)

+ lunch and FluidFlower demonstration

–  Northern Lights Delivers: First CO₂ Stored Offshore (Henrik Ohrt, Northern Lights JV)
–  From Geological Finds – to Customer Minds (Sveinung Hagen, Equinor)
–  Challenges from a CO₂ Storage Perspective (Ørjan Jentoft, Aker BP)
–  Norwegian Offshore Directorate perspectives (Stig-Morten Knutsen, NOD)

–  Panel discussion (led by Sarah Gasda, NORCE)

What is next? : moderated by Martin Fernø (University of Bergen)
–  Researchers’ perspective on scaling up (Martha Lien, NORCE)
–  Decoding Shales: Predicting Seal Integrity for Improved Risking (Torolf Wedberg,Physiq.ai) 
–  Small emitter perspective (Atle Pedersen and Kristiane Solvik Indrekvam, BIR)
–  Bridging the Gap: Bringing Smaller CO₂ Volumes to Northern Lights (Imran Abdul-Majid, Northen Lights JV)

–  Panel discussion (IN NORWEGIAN) (led by Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, University of Bergen)
Confirmed: Linda M. Merkesdal (Energi & Miljøkomiteen, Stortinget), Einar Vaage (GreenSpot Mongstad), Atle Pedersen (BIR), Tom Georg Indrevik (Ordfører i Øygarden)

Summary and closing remarks, Sarah Gasda (NORCE) and Martin Fernø (UiB)

1645 – 1900:   Reception and networking