Mu Burayi bw’iburengerazuba, isoko rya kabiri rinini rya peteroli ku isi, ingufu za MTBE muri peteroli ziratandukanye kuva kuri 0 kugeza kuri 15%, bitewe n’urwego rwa peteroli, uruganda rukora peteroli, n’igihugu. Nkurugero, igipimo cya peteroli ya RON 98–99 (imikorere ihanitse, super, super plus) irashobora kuba irimo MTBE 5–13%, mugihe icyiciro cya 92-95 RON (premium) kirimo MTBE 0.5-8%.
Ikoreshwa rya MTBE nk'izamura octane muri Amerika ryatangiye mu 1979. Kugeza mu 1990, Ivugurura ry’itegeko ry’ikirere ry’ikirere muri Amerika ryasabye ko umwuka wa ogisijeni wa peteroli, nka MTBE kuri 15% na Ethanol, byongerwa kuri peteroli mu turere tumwe na tumwe. yanduye cyane na monoxyde de carbone kugirango igabanye monoxyde de carbone hamwe na ozone. Uturere twarengeje urugero rw’ikirere cy’ubuziranenge bw’ikirere cya monoxyde de carbone twasabwaga gukoresha lisansi ya ogisijeni bitarenze ku ya 1 Ugushyingo 1992. Nubwo hari inyungu zigaragara zo gukoresha ogisijeni, hashyizweho amategeko abuza gukoreshwa mu turere twinshi two muri Amerika kubera kwiyongera kwinshi kwa MTBE mumazi yo kunywa bituruka kumeneka ya peteroli yo munsi.