Product
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Use
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ethane
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usually left in the methane stream; can be used as a feedstock in an ethylene plant; petrochemical raw materials (plastics, refrigerants, solvents) |
propane
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the most widely known and largest component of LP Gas; used in furnaces for residential and commercial heating, in stoves, BBQ, lanterns and gas lamp and in vehicles as a motorfuel; chemical feedstock for propylene production |
normal
butane
|
motor gasoline additive to increase vapour pressure and to provide octane; chemical feedstock for isomerization plants |
iso
butane
|
once used entirely as the main feedstock for a refinery's alkylation process, it is now coveted by manufacturer's of MTBE, an environmentally safe octane additive, as their main feedstock |
condensate
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the pentanes and heavier are usually blended into gasoline |