Patent ID: 8779228
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: B01J,C07C,C10G

Abstract:
1. A process for oligomerizing one or more olefins, comprising: contacting, in a reactor having an olefin inlet and an oligomer outlet, a gaseous stream comprising one or more C prior to the contacting, conditioning the catalyst in the reactor by heating at a temperature of greater than 100° C. in an inert gas stream passing through the reactor from the olefin inlet to the oligomer outlet until the inert gas stream in the oligomer outlet has a water content of 1,000 ppm by mass or less, wherein contacting the C wherein the activity of the catalyst is greater than the activity obtained when the inert gas stream contains more than 1000 ppm by weight water and the catalyst is used at the same oligomerization conditions.