TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The inert gas is nitrogen. The reformed gas comprises oxygen (0.1-5 mole%). The reformed gas has hydrogen to carbon monoxide ratio of 1-4. The reforming catalyst is nickel/ lanthanum oxide catalyst, nickel/aluminum oxide catalyst or nickel/magnesium oxide-aluminum oxide catalyst. The Fischer-Tropsch catalyst is a cobalt-iron catalyst that is supported on silicon dioxide. Preferred Process: The product stream further comprises methane and carbon dioxide which is recycled to the hydrocarbon feed from which the reformed gas is produced. The autothermal dry reforming is performed at 680-710 degrees C and a contact time of 0.4-1 seconds. Fischer-Tropsch synthesis is performed at 275-350 degrees C and a space velocity of 400-1200 per hour. EXAMPLE - Lanthanum oxide (2 ml) of particle size 25-40 mesh were loaded in a tubular quartz reactor with an inner diameter of 12 mm and a length of 45 cm. The loaded reactor was fed with a gaseous mixture consisting of methane (28.4 mole%), oxygen (11 mole%), carbon dioxide(17.4 mole%) and nitrogen (42.8 mole%) at 450 degrees C. After treatment of the support with reaction mixture (less than 24 hours) to obtain a stable phase composition, impregnation of the lanthanum oxide support with a 0.1-0.3% nickel(II) nitrate solution in water was started, by injecting the nickel nitrate solution into the gas stream to gradually impregnate the lanthanum oxide support with the nickel salt. The nickel(II) nitrate impregnation of the lanthanum oxide support was continued until the amount nickel/lanthanum oxide (3 mass%) was reached. Formation of nitrate was observed during the nickel(II) nitrate impregnation step, which indicates that oxides of nickel were formed within the lanthanum oxide support. After completing the nickel(II) nitrate impregnation step, the reaction temperature was increased to 660 degrees C to reduce the nickel-oxide with the methane containing gaseous mixture to give reforming catalyst nickel/lanthanum oxide (3 mole%). The resultant reforming catalyst was fully oxidizes methane to carbon dioxide. After reaching steady state condition the nickel/lanthanum oxide catalyst forms carbon monoxide and hydrogen. A feed stream consisting of methane (28.4 mole%), oxygen (11 mole%), carbon dioxide (17.4 mole%) and nitrogen (42.8 mole%) was contacted with the reforming catalyst nickel/lanthanum oxide at 680-710 degrees C with a contact time of 0.5 second to produce syngas composition A consisting of carbon monoxide (21.5 mole%), hydrogen (35.5 mole%), nitrogen (34.79 % mole), methane (6.17 mole%), carbon dioxide (1.55 mole%) and oxygen (0.4 mole%). Iron(II) nitrate (20.2 g) was dissolved in water (100 ml), cobalt nitrate hexahydrate (21.8 g) was dissolved in water (150 ml) and sodium carbonate (26.5 g) was dissolved in water (500 ml). The iron and cobalt solutions were mixed and the resulting mixture of the salts of iron and cobalt were precipitated by adding the sodium carbonate solution at pH 6. The ready gel was mixed with silicon oxide (0.11 g) particles of 40 mesh, and stirred for 2 hours at 70 degrees C. The precipitate was filtrated and washed to remove the sodium from the silicon oxide and gel. The silicon oxide amount to the iron and cobalt mixture was 1.5 mass%. The ratio of iron to cobalt in the catalyst composition was 40/60. The mixture was dried overnight at 120 degrees C. The ready sample was then calcined at 400 degrees C for 6 hour in air to give a Fischer Tropsch catalyst. A Fischer-Tropsch process was carried out in a quartz reactor with an inner diameter of 10 mm loaded with catalyst (2 ml) at 273 degrees C. Syngas composition used as a reformed gas feedstream in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis process. The flow rate of the syngas composition was 36cc/minute to give 1-6C hydrocarbon (36.2 mole%).