Kumadzulo kwa Europe, msika wachiwiri waukulu kwambiri wamafuta padziko lonse lapansi, kuchuluka kwa MTBE mu petulo kumasiyana kuchokera pa 0 mpaka 15%, kutengera mtundu wamafuta, kampani yamafuta, ndi dziko. Monga zitsanzo, 98–99 RON petrol grade (high performance, super, super plus) ikhoza kukhala ndi 5–13% MTBE, pamene 92–95 RON grade (premium) ili ndi 0.5–8% MTBE.
Kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kwa MTBE monga chowonjezera cha octane ku United States kunayamba mu 1979. Pofika m’chaka cha 1990, Zosintha za Clean Air Act ku United States zinafuna kuti mafuta a oxygen, monga MTBE akhale 15% ndi ethanol, kuti awonjezedwe ku petulo m’madera ena a m’mizinda ikuluikulu. kuipitsidwa kwambiri ndi carbon monoxide kuti muchepetse mpweya wa carbon monoxide ndi ozoni. Madera amene anaposa muyezo wa mpweya wa carbon monoxide wa dziko lonse anafunikira kugwiritsira ntchito mafuta a okosijeni pofika November 1, 1992. Mosasamala kanthu za ubwino wa kugwiritsira ntchito mpweya wa okosijeni, pakhala ziletso zoikidwa pa kugwiritsiridwa ntchito kwake m’madera ambiri a United States chifukwa cha kuchuluka kwa kuzindikirika kwa MTBE m'madzi akumwa chifukwa chochucha matanki amafuta apansi panthaka.