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 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 wodziŵika bwino 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.