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The processing of natural gas involves removal of butane, propane and
large amounts of ethane from the raw gas, in order to prevent
condensation of these volatiles in natural gas pipelines. Additionally,
oil refineries produce some propane as a by-product of production of
cracking petroleum into gasoline or heating oil.
Propane is used as fuel in cooking on many barbecues, portable stoves
and in motor vehicles. The ubiquitous 4.73-gallon (20 lb.) steel
container is often dubbed a "barbecue tank" (used in making a Hank
drum). Propane remains a popular choice for barbecues and portable
stoves because its low boiling point of -42 °C (-43.6 °F) makes it
vaporize as soon as it is released from its pressurized container.
Therefore, no carburetor or other vaporizing device is required; a
simple metering nozzle suffices. Propane powers some locomotives,
buses, forklifts, taxis and ice resurfacing machines and is used for
heat and cooking in recreational vehicles and campers.
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After it is produced, North American propane is stored in huge salt
caverns located in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada; Mont Belvieu,
Texas and Conway, Kansas. These salt caverns were hollowed out in the
1940s, and they can store 80 million or more barrels of propane. When
the propane is needed, most of it is shipped by pipelines to other
areas of the Midwest, the North and the South, for use by customers.
Propane is also shipped by barge and rail car to selected U.S. areas
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Commercially-available "propane" fuel, or LPG, is not pure. Typically
in the USA and Canada, it is primarily propane (at least 90%), with the
rest mostly butane and propylene (5% maximum), plus odorants. This is
the HD-5 standard, (Heavy Duty-5%maximum allowable propylene content)
written for internal combustion engines. LPG, when extracted from
natural gas, does not contain propylene. LPG, when refined from crude
oil does contain propylene. Not all products labelled "propane" conform
to this standard. In Mexico, for example, the butane content is much
higher.
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Propane is listed daily in The Wall Street Journal under refined
products. Mount Belvieu, Texas is the origin of most of the propane in
the U.S. and is also the origin of the TX Eastern Pipeline. Thrifty
Propane transports propane up the TX Eastern pipeline to our facilities
then to your home or business. To calculate your propane charges go to
The Wall Street Journal, take the day’s non-TET propane price, add your
county pipeline tariff/delivery, then add it to the amount on the wheel
to the right.
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