Systems and methods for converting gases to liquids

A method comprising:

• a. providing natural gas, air, and steam to a catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) system as a CPO input;
• b. carrying out a CPO reaction to produce a CPO output comprising syngas and nitrogen;
• c. feeding at least a portion of the CPO output as a Fischer-Tropch (F-T) reactor input, to an F-T system;
• d. feeding water as an input to the F-T system;
• e. carrying out an F-T reaction in the F-T system to produce an F-T steam product, and an F-T reactor output comprising F-T liquids and F-T gases;
• feeding the F-T gases as an input to a power engine (PE);
• and
• g. supplying at least a portion of the F-T steam as a feed-input to the CPO system.

A system, comprising:

• a) a catalytic partial oxidation (CPO) system configured to convert natural gas, air, and steam, to syngas, in a CPO reaction;
• b) a Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) system in communication with the CPO system, and configured to receive at least a portion of the syngas from the CPO system, and to produce a steam product, and F-T liquids and gases;
• wherein the F-T system comprises a compressor for compressing the syngas;
• and also comprises a conduit configured to direct at least a portion of the steam product to the CPO system for carrying out the CPO reaction;
• and
• c) a power engine, in communication with the F-T system and at least partially fueled by the F-T liquids or gases, and configured to supply energy to the syngas compressor.