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 ...

The report highlights the increasing deployment of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) in fuel additives, chemical intermediates, and others, which is accelerating global market growth. Reports ...

MTBE: Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether--a gasoline ... It's the kind of research we should have insisted upon for any new chemical that was coming out on the market," says Dr. Bernard Goldstein at ...

High levels of MTBE have caused cancer and other problems in laboratory animals, but the chemical’s effects on humans are unknown, according to the EPA’s Web site. The real concern ...

The global market for Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) was valued at US$17.5 ... Coverage of major players such as China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC), Emirates National Oil Company ...

The distilled solvent which leaked was identified as Methylene Tertiary Butyl Ether or MTBE, a flammable liquid used as an additive in unleaded gasoline to achieve more efficient burning ...

“Currently, preliminary investigations suggest that the tragedy, which claimed 17 lives and injured several others, was caused by the leakage of Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE) solvent from a ...

China’s exports of a chemical used to improve the quality ... Exports of a group of chemicals that includes methyl tert-butyl ether, known as MTBE, rose to about 87,400 tons in May, according ...

“A solvent – MTBE (Methy Tertiary Butyl Ether) – had leaked and the workers tried to plug the leak. Gas formed and spread from the third floor to the lower floors of the building. Before the ...

The report by the factories department suggest that the mixture of Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) prepared in the reactors was being transferred to a storage tank when the mixture leaked.