Continuous process for converting natural gas to liquid hydrocarbons

A method comprising:

• providing a halogen stream;
• providing a first alkane stream;
• reacting at least a portion of the halogen stream with at least a portion of the first alkane stream to form a halogenated stream, wherein the halogenated stream comprises alkyl monohalides, alkyl polyhalides, and hydrogen halide;
• providing a second alkane stream;
• reacting at least a portion of the second alkane stream with at least a portion of the alkyl polyhalides to create at least some additional alkyl monohalides;
• contacting at least some of the alkyl monohalides and additional alkyl monohalides with a coupling catalyst to form a product stream that comprises at least some higher hydrocarbons and hydrogen halide;
• contacting the product stream with a solid reactant to remove at least a portion of the hydrogen halide from the product stream;
• and
• reacting the solid reactant with a source of oxygen to generate a corresponding halogen.