Patent ID: 7763160
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: C10G,C10L,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a crude product, comprising: contacting a crude feed selected from the group consisting of whole crudes, topped crudes, desalted crudes, desalted topped crudes, and combinations thereof with a hydrogen source in the presence of a catalyst comprising a transition metal sulfide to produce a total product that includes the crude product, wherein the crude product is a liquid mixture at 25° C. and 0.101 MPa, the catalyst having a total of at least 0.8 grams of one or more transition metal sulfides per gram of catalyst, the crude feed having a residue content of at least 0.2 grams of residue per gram of crude feed, as determined by ASTM Method D5307; and controlling contacting conditions such that the crude product has at most 0.05 grams of coke per gram of crude product, and the crude product has a residue content of at most 30% of the residue content of the crude feed, as determined by ASTM Method D5307.