Patent ID: 7667085

Claim:
A method for converting at least a portion of the natural gas to reactive hydrocarbon products, by: heating a first portion of the natural gas in a conversion reactor by incomplete combustion of a second portion of the natural gas, the conversion reactor comprising a reaction section operated at conversion promoting conditions, such that the reactive hydrocarbon products, comprising acetylene, and reactive gas products comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide, are produced, separating a portion of the reactive gas products comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide for introduction into the conversion reactor by quenching the reactive hydrocarbon products to produce a quenched reactive hydrocarbon products, wherein the separated portion of reactive gas products comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide control the incomplete combustion temperature of the second portion of the natural gas, converting at least a portion of the quenched reactive hydrocarbon products to hydrocarbon liquids by reacting a liquefaction feed comprising at least a portion of the quenched reactive hydrocarbon products in a catalytic liquefaction reactor operated at liquefaction promoting conditions, such that the hydrocarbon liquids, comprising naphtha, are produced.