Editing Methyl tert-butyl ether (section)

===US perspective===
Under pressure from the bioethanol lobby,<ref name="Ullmann2"/> production of MTBE in the U.S. peaked in 1999 at 260,000 barrels per day<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The United States continues to export MTBE, mainly to Mexico, Chile, and Venezuela - Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)|url=https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=36614 |access-date=2020-06-28 |website=www.eia.gov}}</ref> before dropping down due to [[Methyl tert-butyl ether#Regulation and litigation in the U.S.|environmental and health concerns]] to about 50,000 barrels per day and holding steady,<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States {{!}} Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE): Production {{!}} Economic Indicators |url=https://www.ceicdata.com/en/united-states/production/methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether-mtbe-production |access-date=2020-06-28 |website=www.ceicdata.com}}</ref> mostly for the export market. After the purchase of [[SABIC]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aramco completes its acquisition of a 70% stake in SABIC from the Public Investment Fund (PIF) |url=https://www.saudiaramco.com/en/news-media/news/2020/saudi-aramco-completes-acquisition-of-70-percent-stake-in-sabic |access-date=2020-06-29 |website=www.saudiaramco.com |date=17 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-06-14 |title=Saudi Aramco buys SABIC shares on market as it completes acquisition |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-saudi-sabic-deals-idUSKBN23L0EQ |access-date=2020-06-29}}</ref> oil giant [[Saudi Aramco]] is now considered to be the world's largest producer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saudi Aramco to have largest MTBE capacity in Middle East and Asia |url=https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/saudi-aramco-mtbe-capacity-middle-east-asia/ |access-date=2020-06-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> with an estimated production capacity of 2.37 million metric tons per year (mt/yr).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-09 |title=Saudi Aramco's MTBE trading volume likely to rise after Sabic purchase {{!}} S&P Global Platts |url=https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/040919-saudi-aramcos-mtbe-trading-volume-likely-to-rise-after-sabic-purchase |access-date=2020-06-29 |website=www.spglobal.com |language=en}}</ref> Worldwide production capacity of MTBE in 2018 was estimated to be 35 million metric tons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MTBE annual production capacity globally 2023 |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1067431/mtbe-production-capacity-globally/ |access-date=2020-06-28 |website=Statista |language=en}}</ref>