In 20 years we are expected to reach the Natural Gas Golden Age, when methane will play a leading role as primary industrial feedstock. Hence, this Workshop summarizes the efforts of FAPESP Thematic Project no. 18/01258-5 to develop fundamental and applied knowledge for the catalytic conversion of CH₄ by oxidative routes, as well as the utilization of CO₂ a greenhouse gas present in natural gas (and also by product of methane reforming). The Research Lines (RLs) includes chemical catalysis and photocatalysis, aiming to address the significant challenges in the CH₄ partial oxidation to methanol.

• RL-1 involves design, preparation and characterization of Cu and Fe-based structured catalysts, construction of reactors, and catalytic tests;
• RL-2 is developing photocatalysts based on TiO2, g-C3N4, ZnO, BiVO4, and BiWO3. The catalytic activity seeks the development of experimental setups to analyze the controlling ability of these oxidation reactions in laboratory and pilot scales.
• Alternatively, to methanol, in RL-3, methane has been studied as a feedstock to the production of carbon-based materials.
• As it regards to the CO₂ utilization, RL-4 is studying the methane bi-reforming of a mixture of CH₄ and CO₂ into syngas (CO + H2).
• RL-5 focuses on the hydrogenation of CO₂ into methanol.
• Techno-economic analysis and environmental assessment have been also applied in the studies of RL-1, RL-4 and RL-5.

We invite all the participants of this Research effort, as well as collaborators and interested people in these topics to participate in this Web-based scientific discussion.