The invention relates to a catalyst for producing synthesis gas by reforming
natural gas and
carbon dioxide and a preparation method thereof, belonging to the fields of
petrochemical engineering,
natural gas chemical engineering and catalysts. The catalyst takes aluminum
oxide as a carrier, takes
nickel as an
active ingredient and takes a
rare earth metal oxide as an assistant, wherein the content by weight of an
active ingredient, namely NiO is 4.0-12.0%, and the content by weight of an assistant, namely La2O3 is 0.5-6.0%. The preparation method comprises the following steps: firstly preparing the aluminum
oxide carrier, and then loading the
active ingredient and the assistant on the carrier, wherein the preparation of the aluminum oxide carrier is as follows: mixing an aluminum
raw material, a binding agent and a pore-forming agent, forming,
drying and then performing
calcination, and the active ingredient and the assistant are loaded on the carrier in an impregnation way; and further
drying and calcining to prepare the catalyst. As for the catalyst, the surface of the aluminum oxide carrier is modified by the
rare earth metal oxide, thereby reducing the acidity of the surface of the carrier, reducing the
carbon deposition trend of
methane-
carbon dioxide reaction, improving the anti-
carbon deposition performance, improving the dispersivity of the active ingredient, reducing the generation of carbon, improving the stability of the catalyst, prolonging the life cycle of the catalyst and realizing the low cost.