TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Component: The sorbent-catalyst, which is used for obtaining a mixture of hydrogen and carbon oxide through catalytic conversion of methane, is based on aluminum oxides and mixed oxides including oxides of nickel, cerium, zirconium, and iron.Preferred Composition: The sorbent-catalyst includes mixed oxide (not greater than20 mass%) and aluminum oxides (the remaining part of the composition).Preferred Parameter: The sorbent-catalyst is in the form of granules with surface-to-weight ratio of 100-200 m2/g.Preferred Method: Regeneration of the sorbent-catalyst is performed at 500-600degreesC in a flow of gases containing 1-5 vol.% of oxygen, up to its saturation with oxygen, which ceases with terminating the absorption of oxygen by the catalyst. EXAMPLE - Nickel, cerium, zirconium, and iron oxides in powdered state were treated with 10% solution of HNO3 at 40-60degreesC. The mass obtained was mixed with powder of gamma-Al2O3 and kept for 12 hours at 50degreesC, after which the temperature was increased to 100degreesC, and at that the water bound physically was released and the weight of mixed oxides attained a constant value. The mixture obtained was pressed in the form of tablets, which were then heated at 800degreesC for 5 hours. The bulk weight of the catalyst was within 0.7-0.9 g/cm3. Then air feeding was terminated; and the catalyst was purged with nitrogen for 2 hours at 800degreesC, methane being introduced subsequently. The conversion of methane at volumetric ratio of CH4/catalyst=150 was 94 %. The synthesis gas produced was cooled, compressed, and directed into a reactor for synthesis of hydrocarbons at 300degreesC and 30 atm. The synthesis of liquid hydrocarbons took place in the presence of a polyfunctional catalyst containing oxides of iron, zinc, and boron in combination with a carrier i.e. aluminum and its oxides. The motor fuels obtained were 190 g/1 nm3 of synthesis gas for conversion of the carbon oxides equal to 98%. Under the same other conditions for the synthesis of liquid hydrocarbons, using a synthesis gas containing 50 vol.% of nitrogen led to reduction of produced motor fuels to 140 g per 1 nm3 of synthesis gas.