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UCY ENERGY supplies LPG physically
and also does financial transactions for our customer's hedging
Liquefied petroleum gas (also called LPG, GPL,
LP Gas, or autogas) is a mixture of hydrocarbon gases used as a fuel in heating
appliances and vehicles, and increasingly replacing chlorofluorocarbons as an
aerosol propellant and a refrigerant to reduce damage to the ozone layer,
inferring that it is flammable.
Varieties of LPG bought and sold include mixes that are primarily propane, mixes
that are primarily butane, and the more common, mixes including both propane
(60%) and butane (40%), depending on the season - in winter more propane, in
summer more butane. Propylene and butylenes are usually also present in small
concentration. A powerful odorant, ethanethiol, is added so that leaks can be
detected easily. The international standard is EN 589. In the United States,
thiophene or amyl mercaptan are also approved odorants.
LPG is a low carbon emitting hydrocarbon fuel available in rural areas, emitting
19 % less CO2 per kWh than oil, 30 % less than coal and more than 50 % less than
coal-generated electricity distributed via the grid. Being a mix of propane and
butane, LPG emits more carbon per joule than propane and LPG emits less carbon
per joule than butane.
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