Patent ID: 8066867

Claim:
A method for making ultra low sulfur diesel and ultra low sulfur gasoline, the method comprising (a) hydrotreating a Light Cycle Oil (LCO) feedstock under mild hydrotreating conditions to provide a hydrotreated LCO containing from about 20 to about 100 parts per million by weight (wt-ppm) of organic nitrogen, and (b) hydrocracking the hydrotreated LCO in the presence of a hydrocracking catalyst comprising a metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, tungsten, molybdenum, and mixtures thereof, deposited on a zeolite selected from the group consisting of a Y zeolite, a beta zeolite, and an MFI zeolite, to obtain a hydrocracked product, (c) hydrotreating the hydrocracked product to provide an upgraded hydrocarbon product having a reduced sulfur content, and (d) fractionating the upgraded hydrocarbon product into (i) naphtha having a distillation end point temperature from about 149° C. (300° F.) to about 204° C. (400° F.), a Research Octane Number (RON) of at least about 85, and sulfur content of less than about 10 wt-ppm, and (ii) diesel fuel having a sulfur content of less than about 10 wt-ppm.