BBC reports that company officials calculated that the pipeline's capacity to remove carbon emissions would equate to removing five million cars from the road each year. Michael Foley, UK low carbon solutions venture executive at Exxon Mobil, said that "many industrial sectors in the Solent are essential yet challenging to decarbonize, like those at our Fawley Petrochemical Complex which produces a diverse range of essential products, like fuels and rubber products."

"This pipeline, and CCS technology, will not only support the regional economy and maintain high-skilled jobs but will also contribute to the government’s goal of achieving net zero by 2050", he added.

Many companies nowadays are looking at carbon capture as the solution not only to reduce their carbon footprint, but also to help the planet breathe a cleaner air. Artificial carbon capture solutions imply that, either carbon is being sucked directly from the atmosphere, known as direct air carbon capture, or that it is being captured before reaching the atmosphere in the first place, such as in the case of fossil-power plants.

The captured CO2 emissions are either being repurposed for manufacturing various products or it's being kept underground in special facilities.

While most of UK's carbon capture lays under the waters of the North Sea, experts believe that the English Channel can be an appropriate secondary storage location.