Patent ID: 7824541

Claim:
A process for making an ultra-low sulfur distillate product, wherein said process comprises: contacting, under suitable distillate desulfurization process conditions, a distillate feedstock, wherein said distillate feedstock comprises a first sulfur concentration, with a distillate hydrodesulfurization catalyst comprising a calcined mixture made by calcining a formed particle of a mixture consisting essentially of molybdenum trioxide, a nickel compound, and an inorganic oxide material, wherein said distillate hydrodesulfurization catalyst comprises from 7 to 22 weight percent molybdenum, as metal and based on the total weight of said distillate hydrodesulfurization catalyst, and more than 3 weight percent nickel, as metal and based on the total weight of said distillate hydrodesulfurization catalyst, and wherein said calcined mixture has a pore structure that includes a pore size distribution for said calcined mixture such that at least 70% of the total pore volume of said calcined mixture is in the pores of said calcined mixture having a diameter in the range of from 70 angstroms to 150 angstroms; and yielding said ultra-low sulfur distillate product having a second sulfur concentration.