Patent ID: 8372777

Claim:
A method of producing a crude product, comprising: contacting a hydrocarbon feed with one or more catalysts to produce a total product that includes the crude product, wherein at least one of the catalysts 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; wherein the support comprises from 0.01 grams to 0.2 grams of silica and from 0.80 grams to 0.99 grams of alumina per gram of support, and wherein the Column 6 metal catalyst has a surface area of at least 340 m 2 /g, a pore size distribution with a median pore diameter of at most 100 Å, and at least 80% of its pore volume in pores having a pore diameter of at most 300 Å; and wherein surface area is as determined by ASTM Method D3663 and pore diameters and pore volumes are as measured by ASTM Method D4284.