24-inch (60 cm) diameter pipeline to Sopley. Gas was also supplied by undersea pipelines to the Isle of Wight. International Synthetic Rubber manufactured rubber. The feedstock for the plant was butadiene supplied via pipeline from Esso Chemicals and styrene originally obtained from BP Grangemouth refinery. In 1969 the company commissioned a styrene monomer plant at Hythe. Union Carbide was supplied with ethylene from the Esso plant. Union Carbide manufactured anti-freeze, brake fluids, solvents, detergents, and other chemical compounds. Monsanto manufactured polyethylene pellets using ethylene from the Esso plant which was delivered via pipeline. Air Products produced a range of gases. Nitrogen was supplied to the refinery, Hythe gas works, and other plant on the site. Ethylene was also supplied from Esso Chemicals Fawley to ICI Severnside via a 6-inch (15 cm) diameter cross country pipeline. Safety record Fawley refinery has been the scene of a number of fires and explosions. In 1935, a major oil tank blaze caused a fire that lasted many days. In 1969, a major fire broke out in the refinery causing damage to large parts of it. In July 2007, the BBC reported a fire in the steam generating plant of the refinery with no casualties. It caused a major part of the refinery to be shut down for a few days. On 20 June 2010 around 20 barrels of vacuum gas oil leaked into Southampton Water as a ship was unloaded. Esso was later fined £10,000 for the incident. In 2008 a sailor from Honduras died after a fuel pipe fell from a refinery jib due to a corroded connecting bolt. The pipe collapsed on to the deck of the oil tanker MT Castillo de Monterreal. Esso and Austin & McLean were charged with breaching the Health and Safety Act for the accident, and were fined £100,000. In 2011, an accident at the refinery caused the death of one of its workers. See also Fawley Power Station References External links Fawley Refinery and Petrochemical Complex - ExxonMobil Oil refineries in the United Kingdom Buildings and structures in Hampshire ExxonMobil buildings and structures Ports and harbours of Hampshire