Aramis takes next step towards investment decision

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 recognized 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.

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.

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.

The Aramis CCS chain (Carbon Capture and Storage) will make a significant contribution to reducing CO₂ emissions in the atmosphere by providing hard-to-abate 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.

Hans Coenen, Member of the Executive Board of Gasunie: "It is good that there is now clarity about the future and hence continuity of the Aramis project. The project is essential to meet our climate goals and to offer perspective to our industry in the Netherlands and Northwest Europe. Together with EBN we are committed to a timely realization of the project so that we can actually achieve the climate goals for 2030. At the same time, I am pleased that both Shell and TotalEnergies remain closely involved in the further development of CCS in the Netherlands."