Patent ID: 8025794
Filing Date: 2011-09-27
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 has a viscosity of at least 10 cSt at 37.8° C. (100° F.), the crude feed has an API gravity of at least 10, and the catalyst comprises one or more metals from Column 6 of the Periodic Table and/or one or more compounds thereof and a support selected from the group consisting of alumina, silica-alumina, silica, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, magnesium oxide, and mixtures thereof; and controlling contacting conditions such that the crude product has a viscosity at 37.8° C. of at most 70% of the viscosity of the crude feed at 37.8° C., and the crude product having an API gravity of about 90% to about 110% of the API gravity of the crude feed, wherein API gravity is as determined by ASTM Method D6822, and viscosity is as determined by ASTM Method D445.