Patent ID: 8772563

Claim:
A process for producing aromatic hydrocarbons which comprises: (a) contacting ethane with a dehydroaromatization catalyst which comprises: (1) 0.01 to 0.05 wt % platinum, based on the total weight of the catalyst calculated as metal, (2) an amount of gallium equal to or greater, by weight, than the amount of the platinum, basis the metal, and no more than about 1 wt %, based on the total weight of the catalyst calculated as metal; (3) about 10 to about 99.9 wt % of an aluminosilicate, and (4) a binder; (b) collecting the products from (a) and separating and recovering C 6+ aromatic hydrocarbons, (c) optionally recovering methane and hydrogen; and (d) optionally recycling C 2-5 hydrocarbons to (a).