“…In 5 wt.% Ni impregnated 8 wt% CaO‐ZrO 2 support (prepared by polymerization method) catalyst, CaO made intimate contact with Ni causing reducibility of metallic Ni 20 100 g catalyst had shown 74% CH 4 conversion, 82% CO 2 conversion, 0.78 H 2 /CO ratio, 3 × 10 3 H 2 molar production with 36 L g −1 h −1 WHSV in 350 min at 800°C. A deep literature report on a series of the catalyst system in terms of CH 4 conversion, CO 2 conversion, H 2 /CO ratio on different reaction conditions is shown in Table 12,15,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47 . Potassium (K) promotional addition was marked for increasing the mesoporosity and reducibility of the catalyst, 41 Na addition for raising the basicity as well as the formation of strong interacting Ni species (NiO x H y ), 42 Ba addition for the formation of barium zirconate which stabilizes the NiO x species strongly over the surface against agglomeration 43 and Mg addition for increasing the basicity as well as reducible NiO‐MgO solid solution in favour of DRM 48 …”