CO2 Capsol announced the appointment of Cato Christiansen as Chief Technology Officer of CO2 Capsol AS. Cato brings extensive experience from the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Section for Carbon Capture and Storage, working with the realisation of "Longship", the Norwegian industrial CCS demonstration project, and Technology Centre Mongstad (TCM). Cato is also a former director of the program board for CLIMIT, Norway's national program for research, development and demonstration of CO2 capture and storage technology.

With more than 20 years of experience from various roles within the energy sector, where carbon capture and storage has evolved as his core expertise throughout his career, Cato will be a valuable resource to the Company in an exciting phase where CO2 Capsol is growing quickly, adding more engineering capacity, and developing the technology further. Cato completed his PhD in Mechanical Engineering in 2001 after which he worked for Scandpower Petroleum Technology (now part of Schlumberger), followed by Shell Technology Norway and the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, before joining CO2 Capsol.