Patent ID: 8647398

Claim:
A process for producing a renewable fuel, said process comprising: (a) providing a bio-oil having an oxygen content of less than 15 weight percent; (b) separating said bio-oil into at least a light fraction and a heavy fraction, wherein the mid-boiling point of said heavy fraction is at least 100° C. greater than the mid-boiling point of said light fraction; (c) hydrotreating at least a portion of said heavy fraction to thereby provide a hydrotreated product; and (d) combining at least a portion of said light fraction and at least a portion of said hydrotreated product with a petroleum-derived gasoline to thereby produce a renewable gasoline, wherein said renewable gasoline comprises said petroleum-derived gasoline in an amount of at least 60 weight percent, said light fraction in an amount of at least 0.1 weight percent, and said hydrotreated product in an amount of at least 0.1 weight percent.