Natural Gasoline
Natural Gasoline is a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons pentanes and heavier originating from natural gas production and crude oil refining. Demand is comprised of roughly 50% for chemical cracking and 50% for unleaded blending, a small percentage is used as a crude diluent. The supply/demand picture is clouded by the market for the related product naphtha. C5 is the favored ngl unleaded blendstock in the summer when the tightest or lowest unleaded RVP spec of 7.8 psi is in place. Natural gasoline's most liquid trading hub is also at the Mt. Belvieu location at "NON-TET" storage.