TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preparation: No preparation method is given. Preferred Components: (I) comprises cubic or pseudo cubic or tetragonal crystal lattice symmetry. (I) further comprises additional one or more different metal oxides comprising main group metals, transition metals or inner transition metals. The surfactant is a cationic, anionic, amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant. The molar ratio of surfactant to metal oxide precursors is 0.4-0.6, or 0.6-1.5. The fuel-based feedstock short chain, medium chain or long chain hydrocarbon comprising natural gas, gasoline or diesel, oxygenated hydrocarbons or their mixtures comprising glycerol, ethanol or biomass derived fuels or biogas. Preferred Process: The surfactant assisted method comprises: combining aqueous solutions of precursor salts of each metal oxide, with an aqueous solution of at least one surfactant; stirring the combination for a suitable time; adding a suitable base to adjust the pH of the combined solutions to 10-13 to produce a slurry comprising precipitated support; allowing the slurry to age at elevated temperatures for a suitable time; isolating the precipitated support from the slurry; optionally washing the isolated support to remove residual surfactant or solvent and drying and calcining the isolated support. The nickel is added to the support using a wet impregnation method. (I) is mixed with an inert diluent. In the process, the conditions to reduce nickel oxide to metallic nickel to provide a reduced catalyst comprise a temperature of 650- 750 degrees C, in an atmosphere of 1-10% hydrogen gas with the balance being nitrogen gas. In the process, the conditions for the conversion of the reactant comprising fuel-based feedstock to product comprising hydrogen gas are carbon dioxide reforming of methane and other hydrocarbons, partial oxidation of gasoline, partial oxidation of diesel, partial oxidation of other hydrocarbons and their mixtures, autothermal reforming of diesel and other hydrocarbons, steam assisted carbon dioxide reforming of methane and other hydrocarbons or their mixtures, steam reforming of methane or other hydrocarbons and their mixtures, and/or gas phase steam reforming of oxygenated hydrocarbons and their mixtures. The process is performed as a continuous process, where the reactant comprising fuel-based feedstock is in the form of a gaseous, liquid or vaporized input stream and the hydrogen product is comprised in an output stream that is optionally treated using known methods to separate and purify the hydrogen gas. Preferred Definitions:    a = 0.5, 0.55, 0.41 or 0.5;    b = 0.33, 0.37, 0.27 or 0.33;    c = 0.17, 0.08, 0.32 or 0.085;    d = 0 or 0.085;    M1, M2 = Ca, La, Y, Gd or Mg, where when d is greater than 0, then M1, M2 are Ca, La or Y; and    Y2 = 1-8, preferably 3-5.    EXAMPLE - Cerium (III) nitrate hexahydrate (22.8 g), zirconium oxynitrate (8 g) and aluminum nitrate nonahydrate (6.3 g) were dissolved separately in deionized water and mixed together. In a separate beaker, a surfactant-cetyl trimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) (18.8 g) was dissolved in de-ionized water at 60 degrees C. The above two solutions were mixed together to obtain a resultant mixture solution. Aqueous ammonia (25 vol.%) was gradually added to the mixture solutions under vigorous stirring until precipitation was complete. The addition of ammonia induced the precipitation of gelatinous yellow-brown colloidal slurry. The slurry was stirred for 60 minutes in a glass reactor, subsequently transferred into a glass bottles, sealed and aged hydrothermally in an air circulated oven for 5 days at 90 degrees C. After which, the mixture was cooled and the resulting precipitate was filtered and washed. The resulting cakes were oven-dried at 120 degrees C for 12 hours and finally calcined at 650 degrees C for 3 hours in air environment, to give cerium(0.5) zirconium(0.33) aluminum (0.17)O2 catalyst support.