Process for treating gasoline

A process for treating gasoline, comprising:

• 1) contacting a gasoline feedstock with a mixed catalyst for desulfurization and aromatization in the presence of hydrogen to obtain a desulfurization-aromatization product;
• 2) splitting at least a portion of the resulting desulfurization-aromatization product into a light gasoline fraction and a heavy gasoline fraction;
• 3) subjecting at least a portion of the resulting light gasoline fraction to etherification to obtain an etherified oil;
• and
• 4) optionally, mixing at least a portion of the etherified oil with at least a portion of the heavy gasoline fraction to provide a gasoline product,
• wherein the mixed catalyst comprises an adsorption desulfurization catalyst and an aromatization catalyst, and wherein the aromatization catalyst comprises at least about 50 wt % of passivated aromatization catalyst and/or aged aromatization catalyst, and has a micro-activity within a range from about 20 to about 55.