Methyl tertiary butyl ether production grows dramatically

Ludlow, B

Title: Methyl tertiary butyl ether production grows dramatically

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Introduced only 7 years ago, MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) has become one of the dramatic growth chemicals of the decade. Its only use is as a gasoline octane blending component, but due to changes being imposed on the worldwide refining industry, more and more refiners use increasing quantities of it. MTBE now has become a product that refiners are comfortable with and, for the foreseeable future, they will depend on it to solve many of their octane problems. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rules to phase out tetra ethyl lead as an octane booster triggered MTBE's growth. Those refineries that had not made the necessary process additions to provide the octane lost by lead phasedown needed non-lead octane-blending components.

Authors:: Ludlow, B

Publication Date:: Mon Jun 08 00:00:00 EDT 1987

Research Org.:: DeWitt and Co. Inc., Houston, TX

OSTI Identifier:: 6310673

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Oil Gas J.; (United States)

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 85:23

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 02 PETROLEUM; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; BUTYL ETHER; CHEMICAL PREPARATION; PRODUCTION; GASOLINE; FUEL ADDITIVES; METHYL ETHER; ANTIKNOCK RATINGS; FORECASTING; GLOBAL ASPECTS; MIXING; OCTANE; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; REGULATIONS; TEL; UNLEADED GASOLINE; US EPA; ADDITIVES; ALKANES; ETHERS; FUELS; HYDROCARBONS; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LIQUID FUELS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; SYNTHESIS; US ORGANIZATIONS; 020400* - Petroleum- Processing; 400201 - Chemical & Physicochemical Properties

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  title        = {Methyl tertiary butyl ether production grows dramatically},

  author       = {Ludlow, B},

  abstractNote = {Introduced only 7 years ago, MTBE (methyl tertiary butyl ether) has become one of the dramatic growth chemicals of the decade. Its only use is as a gasoline octane blending component, but due to changes being imposed on the worldwide refining industry, more and more refiners use increasing quantities of it. MTBE now has become a product that refiners are comfortable with and, for the foreseeable future, they will depend on it to solve many of their octane problems. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) rules to phase out tetra ethyl lead as an octane booster triggered MTBE's growth. Those refineries that had not made the necessary process additions to provide the octane lost by lead phasedown needed non-lead octane-blending components.},

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