To develop an efficient catalyst for steam reforming of propane, Ni/LaAlO 3 catalysts were prepared by deposition precipitation, impregnation, and solvo-thermal methods, and characterized by XRD, BET, H 2 -TPR, elemental analyses, and TEM. Ni/Al 2 O 3 and Ni/CeO 2 catalysts were also synthesized by the solvo-thermal method for comparison. The Ni/LaAlO 3 catalysts exhibited better catalytic performance than both Ni/Al 2 O 3 and Ni/CeO 2 catalysts, and activities with Ni/LaAlO 3 were found to be dependent upon the preparation methods. In particular, the Ni/LaAlO 3 catalyst synthesized by the solvo-thermal method exhibited the highest activity presumably because tetrahydrofuran helps distribute generated Ni nanoparticles onto the catalyst surface in a uniform fashion. In addition, the solvo-thermally prepared Ni/LaAlO 3 catalyst was found to be highly stable, with its activity being maintained at least during 100 h. The observed high stability is attributed to the excellent oxygen storage capacity of LaAlO 3 , which was first determined by thermogravimetric methods as well as by soot oxidations in the presence of Al 2 O 3 , CeO 2 , and LaAlO 3 . Compared to the Ni/Al 2 O 3 and Ni/CeO 2 catalysts, Ni/LaAlO 3 exhibited suppressed carbon formation even at lower S/C ratios due to the superior oxygen transport ability of the LaAlO 3 support.