Shell Oil Comapny

Cri International, Inc.

Cri Ventures, Inc.

Charles T Adams

James D Seamans

Andrew A Chen

Wendy B Dominguez

Don M Washecheck

Robert Charles Ryan

Lawrence Walker Maas

Mark S Thompson

James G Welch

Neal G Gasser

Richard A Geiman

The invention relates to an improved method of presulfurizing a sulfidable metal oxide(s)-containing catalyst which minimizes sulfur stripping upon start-up of a reactor and improves catalyst activity. The method consists of contacting a sulfidable metal oxide(s)-containing catalyst with elemental sulfur at a temperature such that said elemental sulfur is substantially incorporated in the pores of said catalyst by sublimation and/or melting and heating the sulfur-incorporated catalyst in the presence of a liquid olefinic hydrocarbon at a temperature greater than about 150.degree. C.

Method of presulfurizing a hydrotreating, hydrocracking or tail gas

Process of hydrotreating and/or hydrocracking hydrocarbon streams or

The invention relates to an unproved method of presulfurizing a sulfidable metal oxide(s)-containing catalyst which minimizes sulfur stripping upon start-up of a reactor and improves catalyst activity. The method consists of contacting a sulfidable metal oxide(s)-containing catalyst with elemental sulfur at a temperature such that said elemental sulfur is substantially incorporated in the pores of said catalyst by sublimation and/or melting and heating the sulfur-incorporated catalyst in the presence of a liquid olefinic hydrocarbon at a temperature greater than about 150.degree. C.

Presulfurized hydrotreating, hydrocracking or tail gas treating catalyst

An improved method of presulfiding a hydrotreating or hydrocracking catalyst which minimizes sulfur stripping upon start-up of a hydrotreating or hydrocracking reactor utilizing such a catalyst. The method comprises the steps of contacting a hydrotreating or hydrocracking catalyst with elemental sulfur at a temperature below the melting point of sulfur, thereby forming a sulfur-catalyst mixture, and heating the sulfur-catalyst mixture to a temperature above the melting point of sulfur. Preferably, the sulfur-catalyst mixture is first mixed with at least one member selected from the group consisting of high boiling oils and hydrocarbon solvents to form a prewet mixture prior to heating at a temperature above the melting point of sulfur. Tail gas treating catalysts are also presulfided by these methods.

Method of presulfiding a hydrotreating, hydrocracking or tail gas

A process is provided for hydrotreating hydrocarbon oils having a tendency to deactivate hydrotreating catalysts by coke formation, said oils selected from the group consisting of

Single-stage hydrotreating process

A process is disclosed for removing color or color inducing impurities to petroleum derived wax by means of an adsorbent comprising a refined inorganic oxide having a pore distribution such that at least 60% of the pores possess a size of less than 350 Angstroms. Preferably, at least 90% of the pores possess a size of less than 350 Angstroms. The preferred inorganic oxide is an aluminum oxide and preferably has a surface area between 200 square meters per gram and 500 square meters per gram. A process is also disclosed for wax finishing utilizing multiple beds of refined alumina which may be operated in a swing bed fashion to intimately regenerate the refined alumina absorbent by such procedural steps as naphtha soaking, steam treating and heating in air.

Static bed wax decolorization process

A method for preparing hydrotreating catalysts containing Group VIII and/or Group VIB catalytically active metals on a support, and particularly those containing nickel and molybdenum, are improved in hydrodenitrification (HDN) activity by incorporating zero-valence molybdenum and/or tungsten carbonyls into the catalyst support by mixing a liquid mixture containing metal carbonyl(s); a catalytic amount of dienes, trienes or monoaromatics; and free sulfur; with a dried catalyst support and heating the liquid-solid mixture until metal carbonyl conversion to metal disulfide is substantially complete. The catalyst is then dried followed by calcining in inert gas, before use in a hydrotreating process.

Hydrodenitrification catalyst

A process is provided for converting pitch-containing residual hydrocarbon oils containing asphaltenes, sulfur and nitrogen compounds and heavy metals into distillate fuels, which comprises: mixing from about 5-60% v residual oils with catalytic cracking feedstock and with hydrogen and passing said mixture downwardly into a hydrotreating zone over a stackedbed catalyst under conditions suitable to convert from about 45-75% of the sulfur compounds present in the mixture to H.sub.2 S; wherein said stacked bed comprises an upper bed consisting of from about 15-85 % v, basis total catalyst, of a high-activity hydrotreating catalyst which contains from about 2-4% w nickel, from about 8-15% w molybdenum and from about 2-4% w phosphorus supported on a carrier consisting mostly of alumina, and a lower bed of a high-activity, hydrodesulfurization catalyst consisting of from about 2-4% w cobalt and/or nickel, from about 8-15% w molybdenum and less than about 0.5% w phosphorus supported on a carrier consisting mostly of alumina; and separating the reaction product from said hydrotreating zone into a hydrogen-rich gas and a liquid residue-containing oil having reduced heavy metal content and being suitable as a catalytic cracking feedstock.

Single-stage hydrotreating process for converting pitch to conversion

A method is disclosed for preparing a supported hydrogenation metal catalyst containing one each of Mo or W and of Co and/or Ni incorporated into a suitable support. An aqueous impregnating solution containing the desired quantity of catalytically active metals and having a pH in the range of about 0.7-2.7 is prepared containing (1) at least one each of a soluble compound of molybdenum or tungsten and a compound of cobalt and/or nickel; (2) a solubilizing amount of about 0.2-1.0 mole of phosphorous per mole Mo or W; and (3) about 2-6% w basis support, of a suitable soluble amine compound, such as amine alcohols, polyamines and amine acids. A suitable support, e.g., alumina, silica or silica-alumina, is then impregnated with the metals-containing solution. After impregnation the support is dried and calcined. This preparation method significantly increases the hydrodenitrification activity of the resulting catalyst in a hydrocarbon hydroconversion process.

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Charles T Adams