Octane improvers

The table below summarizes SGS INSPIRE’s projections on the octane improvers worldwide for 2020 - 2025. Metallic additives and ethers (MTBE mostly) are expected to be the predominant octane boosters in most of Africa, but new specifications will force the reduction of manganese based additives in East Africa. In most of North and South Americas, ethanol will play a key role in octane boosting through the various ethanol blending mandates, while Central America and the Caribbean are expected to keep using MTBE and MMT as the main octane improvers. In Asia, MTBE is expected to stay as the preferred octane improver, ethanol will experience an increasing consumption in China, India and Thailand, while other octane improvers (metallic additives, aniline derivatives and ETBE) wi