PARALLEL REFORMING IN CHEMICAL PLANT

The invention relates to a chemical plant comprising: - a reforming section arranged to receive a feed gas comprising hydrocarbons and provide a combined synthesis gas stream, wherein the reforming section comprises: - an electrically heated reforming reactor housing a first catalyst, - an autothermal reforming reactor in parallel with the electrically heated reforming reactor, wherein the reforming section is arranged to output a combined synthesis gas stream comprising at least part of the first and/or second synthesis gas streams, - an optional post processing unit downstream the reforming section, - a gas separation unit arranged to separate a synthesis gas stream into a water condensate and an intermediate synthesis gas, and a downstream section arranged to receive the intermediate synthesis gas and to process the intermediate synthesis gas to a chemical product and an off-gas. The invention moreover relates to a process for producing a chemical product from a feed gas comprising hydrocarbons.