# US 7,745,369 B2 · Method and catalyst for producing a crude product with minimal hydrogen uptake

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- Number: US 7,745,369 B2
- Document ID: US7745369B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 11/425,983
- Filed: 2006-06-22
- Published: 2007-01-04
- Granted: 2010-06-29
- Earliest claimed: 2006-06-22
- Assignees: Shell Oil Company
- Inventors: Opinder Kishan Bhan; Scott Lee Wellington
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7745369B2

## CPC

- C10G 29/06: Metal salts, or metal salts deposited on a carrier
- C10G 45/02: to eliminate hetero atoms without changing the skeleton of the hydrocarbon involved and without cracking into lower boiling hydrocarbons; Hydrofinishing
- C10G 45/04: characterised by the catalyst used
- C10G 45/08: in combination with chromium, molybdenum, or tungsten metals, or compounds thereof
- C10G 2300/107: Atmospheric residues having a boiling point of at least about 538 °C
- C10G 2300/203: Naphthenic acids, TAN
- C10G: CRACKING HYDROCARBON OILS; PRODUCTION OF LIQUID HYDROCARBON MIXTURES, e.g. BY DESTRUCTIVE HYDROGENATION, OLIGOMERISATION, POLYMERISATION (cracking to hydrogen or synthesis gas C01B; cracking or pyrolysis of hydrocarbon gases to individual hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof of definite or specified constitution C07C; cracking to cokes C10B); RECOVERY OF HYDROCARBON OILS FROM OIL-SHALE, OIL-SAND, OR GASES; REFINING MIXTURES MAINLY CONSISTING OF HYDROCARBONS; REFORMING OF NAPHTHA; MINERAL WAXES

## Abstract

A catalyst that one or more metals from Column 5 of the Periodic Table and/or one or more compounds of one or more metals from Column 5 of the Periodic Table is described. The catalyst exhibits one or more bands in a range from 650 cm−1 to 1000 cm−1, as determined by Raman Spectroscopy. Methods of contacting a crude feed with hydrogen with the catalyst to produce a crude product with minimal hydrogen uptake are also described.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A catalyst composition, comprising one or more metals from Column 5 of the Periodic Table and/or one or more compounds thereof, wherein the catalyst exhibits one or more bands in a range from 650 cm−1 to 1000 cm−1 as determined by Raman Spectroscopy, the catalyst has a surface area of at least 90 m2/g, and the catalyst has a pore size distribution having a median pore diameter of at least 180 Å.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The catalyst of claim 1, wherein the catalyst has a pore size distribution with a median pore diameter of at least 230 Å.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The catalyst of claim 1, comprising vanadium.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The catalyst of claim 1, wherein at least one of the bands is near 770 cm−1.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The catalyst of claim 1, wherein at least one of the bands is near 990 cm−1.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The catalyst of claim 1, wherein the catalyst is a supported catalyst, and wherein the support comprises alumina, silica, silica-alumina, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, magnesium oxide, or mixtures thereof.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The catalyst of claim 1, wherein the catalyst is a supported catalyst, and wherein the support comprises theta alumina, wherein a content of the theta alumina is at least 0.5 grams per gram of total catalyst.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The catalyst of claim 1, further comprising one or more elements from Column 15 of the Periodic Table and/or one or more compounds thereof.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The catalyst of claim 1, further comprising one or more metals from Columns 6-10 of the Periodic Table and/or one or more compounds thereof.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The catalyst of claim 9, comprising molybdenum and/or tungsten.