Reportedly,the total capacity to make methyltertbutyl ether (MTBE) in the worldwas 19.439 million t/a in 2009 and theMTBE output was 14.161 million tons.According to projection,the total capacityof making MTBE in the world will be reducedto 16.125 million t/a in 2011 and thenfurther to 15.575 million t/a by 2016.Theoutput is expected to be 13.361 million tonsin 2011 and 13.371 million tons in 2016.The main reason for the reduction is that in2005 the United States approved the RenewableFuel Standard (RFS) 2005 EnergyAct,which requires replacing MTBE by Reportedly, the total capacity to make methyltertbutyl ether (MTBE) in the worldwas 19.439 million t / a in 2009 and the MTBE output was 14.161 million tons. According to the projection, the total capacity of making MTBE in the world will be reduced to 16.125 million t / a in 2011 and then to 15.575 million t / a by 2016.The output is expected to be 13.361 million tons in 2011 and 13.371 million tons in 2016.The main reason for the reduction is that in2005 the United States approved the RenewableFuel Standard (RFS) 2005 EnergyAct which which requires replace MTBE by