Kansas propane prices

Kansas is home to Conway, the inland hub where the country's second-largest concentration of natural gas liquids storage sits in salt caverns in the center of the state. Propane traded at Conway prices separately from Mont Belvieu, and the gap between the two hubs is one of the clearest signals that Midwest supply has tightened. In-state demand is grain drying, farm use and rural home heating, on a base of local gas processing.

The price above comes from EIA's State Heating Oil and Propane Program, which surveys a sample of retail dealers in Kansas once a week and publishes the state average on Wednesday afternoon. It runs October through March only, so nothing new prints between April and September. Two lines run on the chart because EIA surveys Kansas dealers on both sides of the sale: what they pay at the rack and what they charge a residential customer. The lower line moves first, and the retail line follows it with a lag measured in weeks. The Census Bureau's American Community Survey, on five-year estimates, puts propane as the main heating fuel in 7.8% of occupied Kansas homes, well above the national middle. That is a large block of homes to keep supplied through a cold January.

For context beyond one state, Kansas sits in the Midwest district: regional prices and Midwest propane stocks. Estimate your fill cost with the propane usage calculator, which works from tank size, gauge reading and what the household burns.