Contact Thrifty Propane : In addition to these two processes, propane demand is met by imports and by using stored inventories. Although imports provide the smallest (about 10%) component of U.S. propane supply, they are vital when consumption exceeds available domestic supplies. Propane is imported by land (via pipeline and rail car from Canada) and by sea (in tankers from such countries as Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Venezuela, and Norway).

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Colder-than-normal weather- Colder than normal temperatures can put extra pressure on propane prices because there are no readily available sources of supply except for imports. Imports may take several weeks to arrive causing larger-than-normal withdrawals from inventories to occur, sending prices upward. Cold weather early in the heating season can cause higher prices since early inventory withdrawals will affect supply availability for the rest of the winter.

Thrifty Propane Pricing Propane was first identified as a volatile component in gasoline by Dr. Walter O. Snelling of the U.S. Bureau of Mines in 1910. The volatility of these lighter hydrocarbons caused them to be known as "wild" because of the high vapor pressures of unrefined gasoline. On March 31 the New York Times reported on Dr. Snelling's work with liquefied gas and that "...a steel bottle will carry enough to light an ordinary home for three weeks."

Thrifty Propane Website "I too have noticed that I use less propane with Thrifty than other suppliers. I also take advantage of Thrifty's convenient prebuy plan so that I do not have a gas bill all winter. With their pricing on the website, it's is so easy to compare the current price vs what I pre-bought it at. If it's less expensive, I pay the current rate. If my prebuy is a better price, I use my prebuy allotment. I currently have over 2 years over prebuy gas available to me…" – Rick, Minerva, Ohio

Thrifty Propane Home If producers of petro-chemicals would have to depart from this pattern for some reason, the coinciding demand could raise prices. And when prices rise unexpectedly, as they do sometimes in the winter, petrochemical producers pull back which helps to ease prices. Prices can also be driven up if the agricultural sector demand for propane to dry crops remains high late into the fall- the same time that residential demand begins to rise.

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