Ethyl brings MMT to market with aggressive sales efforts
Wasting no time in seizing a market opportunity that has been on hold for nearly two decades, Ethyl Corp. recently delivered MMT to refiners across the US immediately after the US EPA decided on Dec. 4, 1995, not to appeal court decisions giving Ethyl the right to market the gasoline additive in conventional gasoline. Among the refiners reportedly taking deliveries of MMT were Texaco and Marathon, though spokepersons from each company would not comment. With the last immediate roadblock to the sale of MMT in the US removed, Ethyl anticipates achieving a market penetration of 8 million-10 million lb annually. With MMT allowed in conventional gasoline at 1/32 gram per gallon, 10 million lb would represent blending the octane enhancer into 948,000 b/d of gasoline. Blending MMT into nearly a million b/d of gasoline would represent a market share of about 20% of the eligible gasoline-i.e., the 5.5 million b/d that is not RFG. That 20% figure also corresponds to the approximate share of the gasoline market controlled by independent refiners.
- OSTI ID:
- 458714
- Journal Information:
- Fuel Technology amp Management, Vol. 6, Issue 1; Other Information: PBD: Jan-Feb 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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