NOVELTY - Converting gas to hydrocarbon liquid, comprises: providing a natural gas stream (16) and a feed stream (14); conveying the feed stream to a reactor (200); quenching the obtained reactive product stream and separating an acetylene rich and light gas streams; conveying the acetylene rich stream to a hydrogenation reactor and reacting acetylene and hydrogen; conveying a portion of the hydrogenation reactor effluent to a catalytic liquefaction reactor (30) and operating the catalytic reactor so that hydrocarbon liquids are produced; and conveying the hydrocarbon liquids to storage or transport.    USE - The method is useful for converting gas to hydrocarbon liquids.    ADVANTAGE - The method is an energy efficient method for converting natural gas, since the separated hydrogen and the natural gas stream generates electricity directly or indirectly, burns as fuel and can be used for other external use in the method.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Converting gas to hydrocarbon liquid comprises: providing a natural gas stream (16); providing a feed stream (14) containing all or part of the natural gas stream; conveying the feed stream to a reactor (200), where the feed stream is heated using electrical power to a temperature and for a time sufficient to form a reactive product stream comprising acetylene and hydrogen; quenching the reactive product stream; separating from the reactive product stream an acetylene rich stream and a light gas stream; conveying the acetylene rich stream to a hydrogenation reactor; reacting acetylene and hydrogen in the hydrogenation reactor to form ethylene; conveying a portion of the hydrogenation reactor effluent comprising ethylene to a catalytic liquefaction reactor (30) and operating the catalytic liquefaction reactor so that hydrocarbon liquids are produced; and conveying the hydrocarbon liquids to storage or transport.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure illustrates a process for converting gas to hydrocarbon liquids.    Gas feed stream (14)    Natural gas stream (16)    Catalytic reactor (30)    Product separator (40)    Reactor (200)