Gov. Gray Davis banned MTBE in 1999 amid mounting evidence the chemical contaminated groundwater supplies. In March, however, Davis postponed his original deadline for MTBE’s phaseout by one ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

So much of Great Falls is on well water that the MTBE chemical released into the bedrock posed a threat to parts of this community. The civic group that led the effort locally is just now ...

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.

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 ...

“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 ...