Patent ID: 6933323

Claim:
A process for producing a distillate fuel blend component comprising: a) converting at least a portion of a hydrocarbon asset to synthesis gas; b) converting at least a portion of the synthesis gas to a hydrocarbon stream in a Fischer Tropsch process unit; c) isolating a distillate fuel fraction from the hydrocarbon stream, wherein the distillate fuel fraction comprises 2 to 80 weight % olefins and 20 to 98 weight % non-olefins, wherein the non-olefins comprise greater than 50 weight % paraffins; d) purifying the distillate fuel fraction by contacting the distillate fuel fraction with a metal oxide at elevated temperatures; and e) isolating a distillate fuel blend component comprising oxygenates in an amount of less than 1 weight % and has a total acid number of less than 1.5.