RENDERING NATURAL GAS AS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY CARBON DIOXIDE NEUTRAL FUEL AND A REGENERATIVE CARBON SOURCE

摘要

The invention provides a method for rendering natural gas as anenvironmentally essentially carbon dioxide-neutralfuel. Carbon dioxide produced from natural gas combustion or from natural gaswells is captured, purified, combined withnatural gas or methane or with hydrogen, and reacted under reaction conditionssufficient to form methanol and/or dimethyl ether,which can be used as fuel or feedstock for derived synthetic hydrocarbons andproducts.