Noble metal catalyst composition with an improved aromatic saturation activity and its use

An aromatics hydrogenation process for a hydrocarbon feedstream, wherein the process comprises:

• a) contacting a hydrocarbon feedstream that contains aromatics with a hydrogenation catalyst composition in the presence of a hydrogen-containing treat gas under effective aromatics hydrogenation conditions, wherein the hydrogenation catalyst composition comprises:
• i) an inorganic, porous, mesoporous binder material, wherein the binder material comprises at least silica and alumina;
• ii) a supported material, wherein the supported material has a framework comprising silica and alumina in a weight ratio of silica to alumina of about 10:1 to about 50:1, and has an average pore diameter of about 15 to about 40 Å;
• and iii) a hydrogenation-dehydrogenation component, which is selected from the Group VIII noble metals and mixtures thereof wherein the catalyst composition has a collidine uptake at 200° C. of greater than 150 μmol/g;
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• b) obtaining a hydro-treated product.