LPG: A Gas Held as a Liquid
In short: Where the propane and butane in LPG come from: underground gas, processing plants and refineries, and the simple physics that lets a gas be stored as a liquid.
A 1:58 short film in the series “How Things Work”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Where do hydrocarbon gas liquids come from? - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids Explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Encyclopaedia Britannica, “Natural gas - Processing, Extraction, Refining | Britannica”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Where do hydrocarbon gas liquids come from? - propane in depth - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”; Springer (book chapter, link.springer.com), “The distillation of the ‘Light Ends’ from crude oil”; U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)”.
Sources used in this film
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Where do hydrocarbon gas liquids come from? - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids Explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Encyclopaedia Britannica — Natural gas - Processing, Extraction, Refining | Britannica · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Where do hydrocarbon gas liquids come from? - propane in depth - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
- Springer (book chapter, link.springer.com) — The distillation of the ‘Light Ends’ from crude oil · View →
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Where do hydrocarbon gas liquids come from? - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Hydrocarbon Gas Liquids Explained - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Natural gas - Processing, Extraction, Refining | Britannica
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Where do hydrocarbon gas liquids come from? - propane in depth - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
- Also: Springer (book chapter, link.springer.com): The distillation of the ‘Light Ends’ from crude oil
- Also: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Today in Energy - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
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