Method for reducing organic halide contamination in hydrocarbon products using a metal chloride

A catalytic process to reduce a content of an organic chloride in a stream comprising a hydrocarbon and an organic chloride, comprising:

• a) producing the stream comprising the hydrocarbon and the organic chloride in a process unit;
• and
• b) contacting the stream comprising the hydrocarbon and the organic chloride with both a metal chloride catalyst and a metal oxide in a halide removal vessel under anhydrous conditions at a temperature of from 50° C. to less than 225° C. to decompose the organic chloride and produce an effluent comprising HCI gas and a contacted saturated hydrocarbon that is a gasoline blending component, a middle distillate, or a base oil, wherein:
• the metal oxide absorbs the HCI gas;
• the stream comprising the hydrocarbon and the organic chloride has a total chloride content and the contacted saturated hydrocarbon has a lower total chloride content that is less than the total chloride content by 50 to 100 wt %;
• and
• the contacting with the metal chloride does not comprise absorption or adsorption of the organic chloride.