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03.03.2025

Venstre deputy leader visits Mongstad and TCM

Member of Parliament and Deputy Leader of Venstre, Sveinung Rotevatn, took his time when he visited Nordhordland on the last day of February to be briefed on developments in the industrial cluster at Mongstad.

There are over 60 companies at Mongstad, with a total of approximately 3,500 employees, with Equinor Mongstad being the largest.

A good dialogue between Sveinung Rotevatn (with his back to the camera) and Muhammad Ismail Shah, as the latter presented TCM’s role in making carbon capture and storage (CCS) an effective tool in the global climate fight.
A high-profile visit to TCM. From left: MP Sveinung Rotevatn, TCM’s Managing Director Muhammad Ismail Shah, Equinor’s Manager Asset Development & Climate, Sissel Nepstad, Equinor Communications Advisor Charlotte Sørås, and Project Manager Einar Vaage from Greenspot Mongstad.

17 different capture technologies

The visit began with presentations at the refinery, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. During the visit, the Managing Director of TCM, Muhammad Ismail Shah, also provided an overview of the role the technology center plays in making carbon capture and storage (CCS) a powerful tool in the global climate fight. Since its inception in 2012, 17 different capture technologies have been tested at TCM. Most full-scale capture facilities currently being planned or built in Europe and the USA will use technologies that have undergone extensive testing at the world’s largest CO2 capture test center at Mongstad.

A gift to the world

“It is safe to say that TCM has been a gift to the world,” said Shah, emphasizing the ambitions he and his colleagues have to contribute to the success of Norway’s first major CCS project, Longship, and future projects that will follow. “More and more industries are considering projects with qualified technologies to remove or reduce their emissions. The costs of CO2 management can be reduced in parallel with the adoption of the technology—through continued testing and development. TCM is, and will remain, an important arena for reducing risk and accelerating the scaling of carbon capture technology.”

It was Einar Vaage, project manager at Greenspot Mongstad, who invited Sveinung Rotevatn to Mongstad, and the guest expressed gratitude for an interesting and informative day. The visit concluded with a bus tour around the refinery and a stop at its esteemed neighbor, TCM.