GENERAL INFORMATION
on butane and propane

Butane and propane, also called Liquid Petroleum Gases (LPG), are obtained directly from the gas deposits which exist in nature and during petroleum refining operations.

Use of this source of energy as automotive fuel and in the domestic and craft sectors, as well as in agricultural and industrial installations, makes liquid petroleum gas a key factor in economic and social development.

• Bulk propane gas
  
  

  Propane, bulk supplied for individual use, provides an optimum price to quality ratio, as it is a product which is easy to install, transport and control, which respects the ecological balance at all times, without leaving smoke or waste. Its major calorie power provides high performance with only a small amount of the product.

  Individual tanks allow total autonomy of use in places where installation of other distribution systems is economically impossible.

• Piped propane gas
  
  

  Due to its characteristics, piped propane gas is a very appropriate energy for groups of houses, towns, small cities and even large sized neighborhoods in cities and industrial areas.

  In these cases, the installation is placed in a common storage area with a distribution network which allows comfortable, economic access to the points of consumption. An individual meter installed in each home provides a reading of the amounts really consumed.

  Piped propane gas, installed on a housing estate, block of homes or town, allows its use in domestic appliances, such as washing machines, dish washers or driers and, due to its high calorie power, provides considerable savings.

• Bottled butane and propane gas
  
  

  In Spain, the use of bottled butane has been and still is a highly traditional energy alternative. In fact, most homes have domestic appliances run on that kind of energy.

  Thanks to its simplicity to use, its comfort and flexibility, bottled butane and propane gas have become an indispensable energy source which will maintain its development in the future and exist alongside other types of alternative energy.

  This range of products is especially aimed at the major consumption sector, in order to satisfy the main needs of the home and of the agricultural, restaurant, services and small industry sectors.

  The capacity of the CEPSA butane and propane gas bottles ranges from 35 kg to 11 kg, according to the product and use each one is put to.

• Recommendations for proper use of propane-butane