Technical services agreement

With the publication of the contract notices for the Aramis Project four partners: TotalEnergies EP, Shell, EBN and Gasunie, started the execution of a project for a CO₂ transport service, being the Aramis CCS Project ("Project"). This transport service project aims to contribute to the energy transition by providing CO₂ transport to storage capacity in order to help enable parties that seek emissions reduction by means of Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”) at scale. The Aramis Project, which aims to develop and operate a CO₂ transport service, was established as a public-private partnership between the state-owned corporations EBN and Gasunie, and the private companies TotalEnergies and Shell. The Project brought together each partner’s technical expertise, experience, and knowledge of CCS to enable the safe and efficient transport of CO₂ from industrial emitters to offshore storage sites. In April 2025 Gasunie, EBN, TotalEnergies and Shell outlined the next phase of the Project including a new governance structure under which EBN and Gasunie assumed full responsibility for the Aramis transport project, while Shell and TotalEnergies continue their involvement in the development of CO₂ storage capacity. Shell and TotalEnergies remain involved in the development of CO₂ storage capacity trough their storage activities and will continue playing a role in the wider Aramis transport and storage value chain. It is vital for the Project to maintain and ensure that the specific knowledge and CCS knowhow of Shell will remain available to the Project. As such Shell is willing to continue to provide its specific technical and operational support to the integrated Aramis value chain. To facilitate this support EBN and Gasunie have awarded Shell a contract for technical support of the Project by making use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to article 2.32(1)(b)(2) of the Dutch Public Procurement Act (Aanbestedingswet). The absenc