Patent ID: 7780845

Claim:
A process for producing low sulfur liquid products from a distillate boiling range feedstream comprising: a) contacting a distillate boiling range feedstream containing aromatics, nitrogen and organically bound sulfur contaminants in a reaction stage with a bulk metal hydrotreating catalyst in the presence or hydrogen-containing treat gas thereby producing a reaction product comprising at least a vapor product and a liquid distillate boiling range product, wherein said distillate boiling range feedstream is contacted with said bulk metal catalyst under effective hydrotreating conditions and said bulk metal hydrotreating catalyst comprises: i) a single Group VIB metal component selected from molybdenum and tungsten; ii) a Group V metal component selected from vanadium, niobium, tantalum, and mixtures thereof; and iii) a Group VIII metal component selected from nickel, cobalt, iron, and mixtures thereof, wherein the metal components (calculated as oxides) comprise at least 50 wt. % of the catalyst, wherein the metal components are present in a ratio defined as (Group VIB+Group V):(Group VIII) such that said ratio, based on oxide forms of the metal components, is from 0.35:1 to 2:1.