Shell Cansolv and Technology Centre Mongstad have signed a contract for Cansolv’s advanced CO2 capture process to be tested at TCM’s amine plant in Norway.

Upstream first reported earlier on Friday that the signing was imminent.

The testing, due to start in the third quarter and take about five months, will see Shell's technology company refine its CO2 technology in preparation for use at the Peterhead gas-fired power plant in the UK.

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