Air Liquide, Borealis, Esso, TotalEnergies, and Yara have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to assess the feasibility of an industrial CO₂ capture and storage (CCS) chain from their industrial plants in the Normandy region, France, to final storage in the North Sea. They plan to reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 3 million tons per year by 2030. This is equivalent to the emissions of more than 1 million passenger cars. The partnership will seek funding from European, French, and Regional schemes and is open to other industrial parties.

Air Liquide, for example, contributes its expertise in CO₂ capture and liquefaction technologies. Since 2015, Air Liquide has successfully implemented Cryocap^TM in its plant in Port Jérôme, Normandy. This proprietary CO₂ capture and liquefaction technology allows to capture up to 90 % of CO₂ emissions, according to the company. The process involves compressing and drying offgas from the production process and sending it to a cryogenic unit. Partial condensation and distillation techniques are then applied to separate the CO₂ from other components. As a result, a pure and pressurized CO₂ flow is produced by the cold box.

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• Air Liquide S.A., Paris, France
• Borealis AG, Vienna, Austria
• Esso S.A.F., Paris, France
• TotalEnergies, Paris, France
• Yara International ASA, Oslo, Norway