Patent ID: 6919018

Claim:
A process comprising: contacting under arsenic removal process conditions a hydrocarbon feed, containing arsenic, with a catalyst comprising: alumina; at least 8 weight percent nickel; at least 8 weight percent molybdenum; and between about 0.1 weight percent to about 3 weight percent phosphorous; wherein said catalyst is prepared by forming a support, said support comprises alumina and nickel, wherein said nickel is present in said support in an amount of no more than 1 weight percent, and wherein said support is formed by mixing alumina, water, a nickel compound, and an acid selected from the group consisting of nitric acid and acetic acid, to thereby form a mixture thereof, extruding said mixture, and calcining, at a first calcining temperature, said mixture to thereby form said support; impregnating said support with a first solution of a nickel compound to thereby form an impregnated support; and calcining, at a second calcining temperature, said impregnated support to thereby provide a calcined impregnated support; incorporating molybdenum and phosphorous into said calcined impregnated support to thereby provide a molybdenum/phosphorous incorporated material; and thereafter, calcining, at a third calcining temperature, said molybdenum/phosphorous incorporated material to thereby provide said catalyst.