Patent ID: 8318000

Claim:
A method of producing a crude product, comprising: contacting a hydrocarbon feed with a catalyst to produce a total product that includes the crude product, wherein the catalyst comprises a metal from Col. 6-10 of the Periodic Table, or a compound thereof, or a mixture of the metal and a compound thereof; wherein the catalyst has a median pore diameter ranging from 105 Å to 150 Å with at least 60% of the total number of pores in the pore size distribution having a pore diameter within at least 60 Å of the median pore diameter, with at least 50% of its pore volume in pores having a pore diameter of at most 600 Å, and between 5% and 25% of its pore volume in pores having a pore diameter between 1000 Å and 5000 Å, wherein pore diameters and pore volumes are as measured by ASTM Method D4284.