Patent ID: 8702973

Claim:
A process for upgrading one or more hydrocarbons boiling in a naphtha range comprising less than about 5%, by weight, one or more alkenes and about 2,000-about 5,000 wppm, S, comprised in one or more sulfur-containing compounds, based on the weight of the one or more hydrocarbons, comprising contacting the one or more hydrocarbons with a catalyst comprising: 1) about 0.1-about 10%, by weight, NiO; 2) about 5-about 50%, by weight, MoO 3 ; and 3) about 0.1-about 10%, by weight, P, with the balance of the catalyst comprising Al 2 O 3 ; to obtain an upgraded one or more hydrocarbons having a thiol concentration of no more than about 20 wppm, S, based on the sulfur comprised in one or more thiol compounds divided by the weight of the upgraded one or more hydrocarbons.