MTBE definition

MTBE means methyl tertiary butyl ether.
MTBE means Methyl tert-butyl ether.
MTBE means methyl tertiary butyl ether, a high octane gasoline blend stock that is used to make various grades of gasoline.

Examples of MTBE in a sentence

  • Though not all groundwater is used for drinking, several states have initiated or proposed more stringent MTBE cleanup requirements.

  • While actual cleanup costs for specific sites are variable and depend on many of the factors discussed above, expansion of similar MTBE remediation thresholds to additional states or adoption of even more stringent requirements for MTBE remediation would result in further cost increases.

  • It is possible, however, that MTBE manufacturers such as our subsidiary could ultimately be added as defendants in such lawsuits or in new lawsuits.

  • Cost increases will also result from installation of additional remedial or monitoring wells and purchase of more expensive equipment because of the presence of MTBE.

  • The Company's Methanol and MTBE plants commenced commercial operations on November 1, 1984 and July 1, 1994, respectively.


More Definitions of MTBE

MTBE means methyl tertiary butyl used as a component in gasoline.
MTBE means methyl tertiary butyl ether for use as a component in gasoline.
MTBE means methyl tertiary butyl ether. “Neat” means pure or 100 percent.
MTBE means the fuel additive methyl tertiary butyl ether.
MTBE means methyl tertiary butyl ether product meeting the specifications set forth in the MTBE Off-Take Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time as set forth therein.
MTBE means Methyl tertiary-butyl ether, a chemical additive to gasoline (oxygenate)
MTBE means methyl tertiary butyl ether, neat or as a part of gasoline or as a contaminant of other fuel, and the degradation byproducts of commercial grade MTBE, including tertiary butyl alcohol (“TBA”). In addition, MTBE shall include TBA when TBA is present in MTBE gasoline.