I kitea te propane i roto i te hinu hinu Pennsylvania marama e Edmund Ronalds i roto i 1864. Walter O. Snelling o te US Bureau o Mines fakamamafa'i reira rite te wāhanga rere i roto i te penehini i roto i 1910, i te timatanga o te ahumahi propane i roto i te United States. te rere o enei hydrocarbons māmā meinga ratou ki te kia mohiotia rite "wild" no te mea o te pēhanga rere tiketike o te penehini unrefined. March 31, 1912, The New York Times pūrongo i runga i te mahi a Snelling ki te hau hau, mea "ka kawea he pounamu maitai nui ki te marama he kāinga noa mo te toru wiki".Ko i roto i tenei wa e Snelling, i roto i te mahi tahi ki a Frank P. Peterson, Chester Kerr, ko Arthur Kerr, i hanga i te hinu hinu marama i roto i te penehini i 1910, i tae atu ki te 566,000 karauna i roto i te tau, i roto i te tau kotahi i roto i te US. i te tau tuatahi i hangaia e te hanganga o te US, i roto i te marama o Hōngongoi
Ngā tau 1930