Patent ID: 8309777

Claim:
A process for hydrogenating aromatics of a hydrocarbon feedstock containing a concentration of sulfur in the range of from 10 to 1000 ppmw and a concentration of aromatics, wherein said process comprises: contacting said hydrocarbon feedstock, under suitable aromatics hydrogenation conditions, with a sulfur tolerant aromatics hydrogenation catalyst, comprising: from 0.01 to 5 wt % of a platinum component and from 0.01 to 5 wt % of a palladium component in a weight ratio of elemental palladium-to-platinum of 1:10 to 10:1, which platinum and palladium components have been incorporated into a catalyst support comprising a calcined mixture of from 1 to 30 wt % zirconia and from 60 to 99 wt % inorganic oxide, wherein said calcined mixture, before calcination, comprises a zirconium compound that has been co-mulled with an inorganic oxide selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, silica-alumina and any combination of two or more thereof; and yielding a product having a reduced aromatics concentration.