Saudi Aramco R&D proposes SuperButol as new low-cost high-octane blend component

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By mmillikinJan 27, 2017, 10:04 am150 pts
A team from Saudi Aramco Research and Development Center has developed a novel low-cost, high-octane gasoline blend component it calls SuperButol. SuperButol is made from low-value mixed butenes using a new process the team has named Butenes to Butanol (BTB); it has slightly lower blending RON compared to MTBE…

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