# Lp

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lp/325474>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 10, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lp/325474 "2005-10-10T01:21:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lp/325474/1 "2005-10-10T01:21:16Z")

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Is there a site where I can check the current price of LP gas?

I have a theory that this year the price of LP will go down as the gas rigs in the gulf begin production after being repaired. At least I sure hope so because I’m holding off with our winter fill.

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lp/325474/2 "2005-10-10T01:42:32Z")

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This help? Your Tax Dollars At Work. [PROPANE PRICES: What Consumers Should Know](http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/analysis_publications/propane_prices_brochure/propbro.html), plus it concludes…

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> For current information on propane prices, supply, and demand, see the “Heating Oil and Propane Update” section of the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) web site at:
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> [www.eia.doe.gov/oil\_gas/petroleum/special/heating\_update/heating\_update.html](http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/special/heating_update/heating_update.html)

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**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2005, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lp/325474/3 "2005-10-10T01:56:22Z")

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I find the futures prices to be more informative than the spot prices. On the NYMEX [December 2005](http://futures.tradingcharts.com/marketquotes/index.php3?market=PN) propane futures closed at $1.1350 a gallon on Friday. At least, I think that’s the numbers for last Friday. You can probably find the previous day’s or week’s spot prices in sources like the Wall Street Journal or the Economist and maybe even some of the bigger papers like the NY or LA Times or the Chicago Tribune.