Patent ID: 7918992
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: B01J,C10G

Abstract:
1. A method of producing a crude product, comprising: contacting a crude feed with one or more catalysts 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 has a micro-carbon residue (MCR) content of at least 0.0001 grams per gram of crude feed; and at least one of the catalysts is a Column 6 metal catalyst that comprises: one or more metals from Column 6 of the Periodic Table and/or one or more compounds of one or more metals from Column 6 of the Periodic Table and a support; a pore size distribution with a median pore diameter of greater than 160 Å; and a pore volume in which pores having a pore diameter of at least 350 Å provide at most 10% of the pore volume, wherein pore volume and pore diameter are as determined by ASTM Method D4284; and controlling contacting condition temperature, pressure, hydrogen source flow, crude feed flow or combinations thereof such that the crude product has a MCR content of at most 90% of the MCR content of the crude feed, wherein MCR content is as determined by ASTM Method D4530.