DNV has issued a Statement of Feasibility for a ship‑based carbon dioxide transport and offshore injection concept developed by Aker BP and Höegh Evi, a development that, according to the reporting, advances a novel route for storing CO2 beneath the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Sources indicated on 29 October 2026 that the independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV reviewed the partners' proposal to inject CO2 directly from shuttle carriers into subsea wells at the Atlas project and concluded the concept met the feasibility criteria examined by the assessor.
What DNV reviewed and concluded
The Statement of Feasibility relates specifically to the technical concept in which shuttle carriers would deliver captured CO2 to a designated facility and then transfer gas directly into subsea injection wells for permanent storage, a process DNV judged feasible under the parameters it assessed; the report identifies the ship‑to‑well transfer method as the core innovation evaluated.
The assessment by DNV does not, in the published account, set regulatory approval or development timelines but serves as an independent technical judgement on whether the concept can work in practice, thus providing an expert imprimatur to the engineering approach proposed by Aker BP and Höegh Evi.
The Atlas project and its scale
Atlas, the project identified as the storage site, is intended to accept CO2 for permanent sequestration beneath the Norwegian Continental Shelf and is planned to inject up to 6 million tonnes of CO2, a volume the partners have cited in relation to the project’s initial ambitions.
The use of shuttle carriers to move CO2 to the Atlas injection point represents an alternative to pipeline‑led transport and could, if developed, enable greater flexibility in how captured emissions are conveyed from industrial sources to offshore storage locations on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
The partners named in the feasibility statement, Aker BP and Höegh Evi, are pursuing the concept as a combined shipping and offshore injection solution, with DNV’s assessment framed as a technical endorsement of the approach rather than a regulatory clearance or final investment decision.
The published account focuses on the technical feasibility of direct shuttle‑to‑well transfer and places the DNV Statement of Feasibility as an important milestone for the concept; it does not provide further operational detail, contractual arrangements or commercial terms beyond the scope of the feasibility judgement.
Looking ahead, the DNV assessment is likely to be used by project parties and potential stakeholders to inform subsequent engineering studies, safety reviews and any permitting steps required for the Atlas project to move toward construction and operation, recognising that independent feasibility work is typically an early but necessary part of project development.
For the maritime sector, the study underlines the continuing interest in ship‑based solutions to decarbonisation challenges and in how shipping and offshore infrastructure might be combined to secure permanent storage of CO2, though the published note confines itself to the single technical conclusion reached by DNV for the Aker BP and Höegh Evi concept.
The reports item dated 29 October 2026 presents DNV’s Statement of Feasibility as an advancement of the concept rather than a completion of project development, leaving further engineering, permitting and commercial decisions to the partners and regulators responsible for activities on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.