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MBTE
(redirected from Methyl tertiary-butyl ether)

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MBTEMethyl Tertiary-Butyl Ether (fuel additive)


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The sticking point that helped kill an energy bill in 2004 was House leadership insistence on protecting oil companies from lawsuits stemming from groundwater pollution by methyl tertiary-butyl ether, an alternative to ethanol.
Policy Journal by Hillgren, Sonja / Farm Journal
The additive, methyl tertiary-butyl ether or MTBE, is one of a group of chemicals commonly known as "oxygenates" because they raise the oxygen content of gasoline.
Gas additive may raise cleanup costs of spills by Green, Meg / Best's Review
in August 2001 claiming the tanks had been contaminated by methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), among other things.
BRIEFLY ARCO GAS TANKS WILL BE CLEANED by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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