Methanol, olefin, and hydrocarbon synthesis process

A method for making methanol comprising:

• directing a methane containing gas and steam to a steam reformer to form a first syngas stream and directing at least a portion of the first syngas stream to a methanol synthesis reactor;
• directing a methane containing gas and oxygen to a partial oxidation reformer to form a second syngas stream and directing at least a portion of the second syngas stream to the methanol synthesis reactor;
• directing at least a portion of the second syngas stream to a hydrocarbon synthesis reactor;
• and
• recovering unreacted syngas from the methanol synthesis reactor and directing at least a portion of the recovered gas to a secondary methanol synthesis reactor;
• wherein the portions of the first and the second syngas streams directed to the methanol synthesis reactor yield a combined syngas stream having a syngas number of from 1.4 to 2.6.