aromatization of light c 4 aliphatic streams are set forth in table 1 table 1______________________________________upgrading reaction process conditions______________________________________whsv broad range 0 3 300 hr sup 1 preferred range 0 5 10 hr sup 1operating broad 170 2170 kpa 10 300 psig pressure preferred 170 790 kpa 10 100 psig operating broad 400 820 u00b0 c 750 1500 u00b0 f temperature preferred 400 600 u00b0 c 750 1100 u00b0 f ______________________________________ in addition to the references cited above in the background section the conversion of oxygenates such as methanol to gasoline is taught for example in u s pat nos 3 998 899 to daviduk et al and 3 931 349 to kuo as well as 4 035 430 to dwyer et al the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference in the process of the present invention the endothermic heat of reaction required to aromatize the paraffinic feed is at least partially supplied by the exothermic conversion of oxygenates to gasoline preferred oxygenates include c 4 alcohols and methanol is particularly preferred methanol is not only a readily available and economical raw material but is also more strongly exothermic than ethanol or propanol upon catalytic conversion to gasoline for example the amount of heat generated in the conversion of the lower alcohols to hydrocarbon mixtures that contain preponderant quantities of gasoline hydrocarbons may be estimated to be in the ranges shown ______________________________________alcohol heat produced btureactant per lb hydrocarbons______________________________________methanol 1300 2000ethanol 280 620propanol 20 360______________________________________ advantageously the process conditions for light paraffin aromatization overlap those for methanol conversion to gasoline further both paraffin aromatization and conversion of methanol to gasoline are catalyzed by medium pore zeolites it has been.