Propane, amagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati mafuta a nyumba, imapambana pakuyaka bwino komanso kukana moto. Makamaka, kuyaka koyera propane sikutulutsa utsi wakuda, m'malo mwake amatulutsa lawi la buluu lofooka.
Motsutsana, mpweya wamadzimadzi nthawi zambiri umakhala ndi kusakanikirana kwa zinthu zina kapena dimethyl ether, yomwe imayaka ndi moto wofiira.
Ntchito zoyambirira za Propane zimaphatikizapo kumeta, kuyatsa masitovu onyamula, ndikugwira ntchito ngati mafuta agalimoto. Komanso ndi wotchuka kusankha panja msasa, kupereka njira zotenthetsera ndi kuphika.
Gasi wamafuta amafuta, chinthu chofunikira kwambiri mumakampani a petrochemical, amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri popanga ethylene kudzera m'ming'alu ya hydrocarbon kapena popangira mpweya wophatikizika kudzera pakusintha kwa nthunzi.