Methods for producing basestocks from renewable sources using dewaxing catalyst

A method for producing a lube base stock and/or a fuel from a feedstock of biological origin, the method comprising:

• contacting the feedstock in the presence of a catalyst to produce a lube base stock and/or a fuel,
• wherein the catalyst comprises:
• a zeolite component selected from a zeolite having 10-member ring pores, a zeolite having 12-member ring pores and a combination thereof,
• 0.1 to 5 weight % of a hydrogenation component selected from Pt, Pd, Ag, Ni, Mo, Co, W, Rh, Re, Ru, Ir and a mixture thereof, and
• a hydrothermally stable binder component selected from silica, alumina, silica-alumina, titania, zirconia, tantalum oxide, tungsten oxide, molybdenum oxide, vanadium oxide, magnesium oxide, calcium oxide, yttrium oxide, lanthanum oxide, cerium oxide, niobium oxide, tungstated zirconia, cobalt molybdenum oxide, cobalt molybdenum sulfide, nickel molybdenum oxide, nickel molybdenum sulfide, nickel tungsten oxide, nickel tungsten sulfide, cobalt tungsten oxide, cobalt tungsten sulfide, nickel molybdenum tungsten oxide and nickel molybdenum tungsten sulfide, cobalt molybdenum tungsten oxide and cobalt molybdenum tungsten sulfide,
• wherein the weight ratio of the zeolite component to the hydrothermally stable binder component is 85:15 to 25:75.