Patent ID: 7056955

Claim:
A process for producing hydrocarbons, comprising: contacting a feed stream comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen with a bulk cobalt-based catalyst so as to convert at least a portion of said feed stream to hydrocarbons, wherein the bulk cobalt-based catalyst comprises an average cobalt oxide crystallite size between 10and 40nm, and has a BET surface area between 10 and 150m 2 /g, and further comprises between about 48.8 and about 90 percent by weight of cobalt; a textural promoter selected from the group consisting of zirconium, chromium, magnesium, cerium, and titanium; optionally, a Group I metal; and between 5 and 60 percent by weight of a binder selected from the group consisting of silica, alumina, titania, zirconia, and combinations thereof.