ExxonMobil Solent CO2 Pipeline Project
Exxon Mobil is seeking approval to install an underground pipeline to transport captured CO2 from the Fawley complex to a ‘safe and secure storage location’ in the English Channel via a route through the new forest or across the Isle of wight.
Put simply, the project seeks to lay a 60cm diameter steel ‘underground’ pipeline from the Fawley site out to sea, by cutting a trench across one of three proposed land ‘corridors’, two across the Isle of Wight, the third between Fawley and New Milton. Along the selected corridor, ExxonMobil will be looking for approval to clear a 50 metres wide route of all topsoil to provide the working space in which to install a steel pipe just 60 centimetres in diameter.
The two routes across the Isle of Wight are both proposed to land at Gurnard where a landing station will likely need to be constructed.
Link to Solent Protection society description of project and its likely impacts to Isle of Wight and in particular Gurnard There are a series of meeting planned by Exxon Mobil to explain the proposal and we would urge you to attend and then respond to the consultation with your views.
| Macdonald Elmers Court Hotel & Resort, Lymington, Hampshire, | 16 August |
| Shalfleet Village Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight, | 22 August |
| Phoenix Knights Centre, Cowes, Isle of Wight, | 23 August and 3 September |
| Niton Village Hall, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, | 24 August |
| The Bridge Community Centre, Milford on Sea, Hampshire, | 30 August |
| Calshot Activity Centre, Calshot, Hampshire, | 4 September |
| Jubilee Hall, Fawley, Hampshire, | 5 September |
Timeline for consultation and Project
link to Exxon Mobil project website
All information on this page is sourced from the Exxon Mobile Project website, we urge you to visit their site on the above link to view the information that is available there describing the project.
As we get more information we will post them to this page, so please come back and check regularly for any updates.