Aramis takes next step towards investment decision

The Aramis project, a transport infrastructure for large-scale CO ₂ reduction, is making progress towards a final investment decision. The project is of great importance for achieving the climate goals and preserving the industry. The government has also recognized this in the supplementary climate package. The initiators behind Aramis – Gasunie, Energie Beheer Nederland (EBN), Shell and TotalEnergies – are working on completing the technical design phase and have recently decided to adjust their collaboration, as explained below.

From April 2025, Gasunie and EBN will largely take control of 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 realize the project.

The initiators aim for Gasunie and EBN to be able to make an investment decision as soon as possible in 2026. After this, Shell and TotalEnergies will mainly focus on developing _CO2 storage facilities.

In the supplementary climate package, the government has decided to release resources for EBN and Gasunie as foreseen investors in the Aramis transport infrastructure. This support is intended to realize the project as quickly as possible, given the importance for achieving the climate goals and preserving the industry in the Netherlands.

The Aramis CCS (Carbon Capture and Storage) chain will make a significant contribution to reducing CO ₂ emissions in the atmosphere, by offering industries that are more difficult to decarbonise the possibility to transport captured CO ₂ and safely store it in depleted gas fields under the North Sea. The Aramis project provides an open access CO ₂ pipeline with a capacity of 22 million tonnes of CO ₂ per year and aims to be operational by the end of this decade.

Yolande Verbeek, COO of EBN: “It is good that there is now clarity about the future and therefore continuity of the Aramis project. The project is essential for achieving our climate goals and to offer perspective to our industry. Together with Gasunie, 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 will remain closely involved in the further development of CCS in the Netherlands.”