Liquefied petroleum gas (also called LPG, GPL,
LP Gas, or liquid propane gas) is a flammable mixture of
hydrocarbon gases used as a fuel in heating appliances and
vehicles. LPG
is synthesised by refining petroleum or natural
gas,
and is usually derived from fossile fuel sources,
being manufactured during the refining of crude
oil, or
extracted from oil or gas streams
as they emerge from the ground.
