08 January 2025

Public consultation for permit compressor station expansion

The Aramis initiative requires several licences including a licence for the extension of the Porthos compressor station. The draft permit is available for public consultation from 20 December 2024 to 30 January 2025. All documents and the invitation to a digital information meeting on Thursday 16 January can be found at www.rvo.nl/aramis.

Porthos, Aramis and CO2next will form a unique CO2 infrastructure together in the future. The projects complement each other and work together to realise CO₂ capture, transport and storage in the Netherlands from 2026, with a focus on the port of Rotterdam and the North Sea.

Porthos will transport 2.5 million tonnes of CO2 annually. The Porthos onshore pipeline is capable of transporting 10 million tonnes, so it can also supply CO₂ to future projects such as Aramis. The Porthos compressor station will be part of the Aramis CO2 transport infrastructure. It also forms the heart of the future CO₂ hub on which CO2next can also use. This terminal can receive liquid CO₂ by ship and deliver it to customers not connected to a pipeline.