New research released Wednesday finds drinking water contamination from the gasoline additive MTBE may be far more widespread than previously thought–perhaps polluting one-third of the nation's ...

BP said it would phase out cleaner-burning fuel additive MTBE, or methyl tertiary butyl ether, in California gasoline by Dec. 31, and has begun to sign contracts with several suppliers of the ...

New York, May 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a recent report by Reports Insights, the methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) market is poised for strong expansion and is expected to reach ...

A statewide ban on the gasoline additive MTBE takes full effect on Thursday, ridding California of one set of pollution issues while introducing another. State officials are grudgingly accepting ...

The Orange County Water District has filed suit against a group of major oil companies, seeking money to investigate and monitor the gasoline additive MTBE and stop it from seeping into ...

It remains unclear how much of the methyl tertiary-butyl ether, or MTBE, leaked after the 600-foot chemical tanker Carla Maersk collided with the 623-foot bulk carrier Conti Peridot about 12:40 p ...

At one time or another, claims arising out of environmental pollution, asbestos, silica, tobacco and MTBE were the new kids on the block. As these types of claims proliferated — and plaintiffs ...

Epping Auto Salvage tested positive for 860 parts per billion MtBE. According to Martin, out of 15 wells tested in that area, two tested above the state standard, one at 350 ppb and the other at ...

WESTVILLE, Ind. – A Purdue University chemist has developed an experimental method that could be used to remove the gasoline additive MTBE from polluted ground water. Reynaldo Barreto, an associate ...

The South Tahoe Public Utility District has a name for its pain. It’s called MTBE. A synthetic chemical oxygenate, MTBE is a gasoline additive which comprises 11 percent of the gasoline used in ...