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 ...

“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 ...

Some of the equipment in use in Spring of 2016 to address groundwater contamination at a former gas station. Great Falls Citizens Association closely monitored the cleanup, and now agree that ...

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 ...

Hyderabad: The massive explosion at the Escientia Advanced Sciences factory located in Atchutapuram special economic zone in Andhra Pradesh’s Anakapalli district that killed 17 people on ...

The blast at the at a multinational pharmaceutical manufacturing unit of Escientia Advanced Sciences at Atchutapuram in Anakapalli district occurred when workers at the factory on August 21, 2024 ...

“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.