High Value Liquid Fuels from Natural Gas via Process Intensified Novel Pressurized Redox Process

With the abundance of natural gas and its primary components of methane, ethane and propane, there is the opportunity to convert these light alkanes to higher-value products- The growth in natural gas supply in the U-S- has increased substantially since the mid-2000s due to advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing- As petroleum prices are volatile, natural gas resources are progressively attractive as alternative fuel sources- However, many of these shale gas wells are in regions of the U-S- that are remote and costly to transport to petrochemical and refining centers- While gas pipelines continue to be an option for transportation from the field, they are capital intensive and compete for existing land use-