Process for preparing a hydrowax

A process for preparing a dewaxed product comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a hydrocarbonaceous feedstock which contains more than 4% by weight of hydrocarbons boiling in a range of from 550 to 800° C. and a ratio of hydrocarbons boiling in a range of from 370-543° C. to hydrocarbons boiling in a range of from 550-800° C. of less than 25;
• (b) hydrotreating the hydrocarbonaceous feedstock with a hydrotreating catalyst in the presence of a hydrogen-containing gas under hydrotreating conditions to obtain a hydrotreated product;
• (c) hydrocracking at least part of the hydrotreated product as obtained in step (b) with a hydrodenitrification catalyst comprising (i) Mo, (ii) Ni and/or Co, and (iii) alumina and a hydrocracking catalyst in the presence of a hydrogen-containing gas under hydrocracking conditions to obtain a hydrocracked product, wherein the hydrodenitrification catalyst is arranged upstream of the hydrocracking catalyst, wherein the hydrocracking catalyst comprises zeolite Y in an amount of from 18 to 30 wt % and amorphous silica-alumina in an amount of less than 50 wt %, based on the total weight of the hydrocracking catalyst, wherein the zeolite Y has a Si/Al ratio in the range of from 8-50, and wherein a volume ratio of the hydrotreating catalyst as used in step (b) to the hydrocracking catalyst is in the range of from 2 to 4;
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• (d) recovering the hydrocracked product as obtained in step (c), wherein at least part of hydrocarbons contained in the hydrocracked product is recycled to step (b) and wherein a hydrowax product is recovered from the hydrocracked product;
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• (e) contacting the hydrowax product with a dewaxing catalyst, comprising metallosilicate crystallites, a binder, and a hydrogenation component, under catalytic dewaxing conditions to yield the dewaxed product having a pour point of at least 10° C. less than a pour point of the hydrowax product.