| abstract |
A system or method for producing gasoline from natural gas can be particularly useful in a location which is a natural gas-producing region, but in which it is difficult to obtain water suitable for use in steam reforming, for example, in a desert or at sea. A system for producing gasoline from natural gas via methanol according to the present invention includes: a steam reformer 20 for steam-reforming natural gas to produce reformed gas; a methanol synthesis apparatus 30 for synthesizing methanol from the reformed gas; and a gasoline synthesis apparatus 50 for synthesizing gasoline from the methanol, water being produced in the gasoline synthesis apparatus 50 is reused for the steam reforming in the steam reformer 20. |