Patent ID: 8764972
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: C10G

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a crude product, comprising: contacting a crude feed with a catalyst 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 crude feed comprising one or more alkali metal salts of one or more organic acids and one or more alkaline-earth metal salts of one or more organic acids, and the crude feed has, per gram of crude feed, a total content of at least 0.00001 grams of alkali metal and alkaline-earth metal in metal salts of organic acids, where the catalyst is obtainable by: controlling contacting conditions of the crude feed with the catalyst such that the crude product has a total content of alkali metal and alkaline-earth metal in metal salts of organic acids of at most 50% of the content of alkali metal and alkaline-earth metal in metal salts of organic acids in the crude feed.