How much crude oil is in propane?

It's the other way around I think.

They get propane from crude oil when it is in the first distillation column. Crude oil contains gasolines, kerosines, propanes , butanes, asphalts and napthas and dozens of oil factions.

They heat the crude oil up and the lighter volatile gases boil off first, and propane is one of them.

They run the propane thru several distillations to clean it up so it has no more crude oil remnants in it

They don't get propane from a drilled hole like they do natural gas. Propane is actually manufactured from crude oil or "dirty" natural gases.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_refinery

Look at this link about LPG gases (Liquefied petroleum gas) too

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_petroleum_g...

It certainly is, in large quantities. Crude oil is just a mixture of different petroleum compounds from the heaviest like bitumen or pitch, to the lightest, petroleum gases. Propane is one of these gases, it's mostly sold as bottled gas for caravans, boats etc. The other main gases in crude oil are butane, methane, ethane, pentane. A molecule is the smallest particle of a substance that can exist in free form. Other petroleum products from crude oil are kerosine, petrol (gasoline), diesel fuel etc. All the different compounds are separated by a process called distillation, where the crude is heated to vapourisation then rises up a sealed column with perforated trays at various levels. As the vapour cools the various compounds or "fractions" as they are termed condense on the trays, the heaviest at the bottom and the lightest at the top of the column. Blair, there is no such thing as a "crude oil molecule". Crude is a mixture of the molecules of many different compounds and elements. The amount of propane you will get from a specified amount of crude oil will vary widely according to where in the world it came from. Heavy crudes like Nigerian have little gas content but lots of the heavy ends. Light crudes like North Sea contain little heavy fractions but lots of gases, because there are huge natural gas fields in the same area.

propane is derived from crude oil. Other things are also derived from crude oil such as:

* Ethane

* Diesel

* Jet fuel

* Kerosene

* Natural gas

* Lubricants

* Asphalt

who said crude oil is in propane? it's derived FROM during natural gas or oil processing

Propane contains a very small amount of methane, ethane and a very small amount of butane and a few other hydrocarbons but that is all.

Check this site for more info:

http://www.propane101.com/propanegradesandquality....