Norway seeks talks on cross-border carbon trade
Energy minister Terje Aasland stresses importance of movement of CO₂ across national boundaries to success of CCS
The Norwegian government is ready to start bilateral talks with other countries over cross-border transportation of CO₂ for offshore storage on the Norwegian continental shelf, Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Aasland told a conference in Brussels. Aasland stressed the importance of enabling cross-border movement of CO₂ to the success of carbon capture and storage (CCS) as part of the energy transition. “This topic is very high on our agenda. And we are now ready to enter into bilateral negotiations with other states,” Aasland told a conference in Brussels. He urged other governments to ratify a 2009 amendment to the London Protocol, a set of rules governing the international movement
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