NOVELTY - Method for converting natural gas to hydrocarbon liquid, comprises: conveying a feed stream comprising natural gas stream and burn stream comprising combustible material to a reactor; quenching a reactive product stream comprising acetylene; separating; conveying a 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 to a catalytic liquefaction reactor to form hydrocarbon liquid; and conveying the hydrocarbon liquid to storage or transport.    USE - The method is useful for converting natural gas to hydrocarbon liquid for transport from remote locations and a stream substantially composed of ethylene    ADVANTAGE - The process is an integrated and energy-efficient process for converting natural gas to readily transportable upgraded liquids.    DETAILED DESCRIPTION - Method for converting natural gas to hydrocarbon liquid, comprises: providing a natural gas stream; providing a feed stream comprising all or part of the natural gas stream; providing a burn stream comprising combustible material; conveying the feed stream and burn stream to a reactor, where the burn stream is burned in a combustion section with an oxidant to heat the feed stream by intimate mixing with the combustion products to a temperature and for a time such that a reactive product stream comprising hydrogen and reactive products is formed, the reactive products comprising acetylene; 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 and operating the catalytic liquefaction reactor such that some hydrocarbon liquid is produced; and conveying the hydrocarbon liquid to storage or transport.    DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING(S) - The figure shows a schematic representation of a process for converting natural gas to hydrocarbon liquid.    Natural gas contaminant removal (10)    Clean gas streams (12)    Inlet gas feed stream (14)    Inlet gas burn stream (16)    Reaction section outlet stream. (212)