Shell Oil Comapny

Pierre Grandvallet

Guy Barre

Laurent Georges Huve

Daniel G Allais

Arend Hoek

Pierre E Dejaifve

Roland A Garin

Johannes P Van Den Berg

Bob Scheffer

Andries Quinn Boon

Taous Grandvallet Mahtout

Theodorus Ludovicus Maesen

Philippe Guichard

Daniel N Dagorn

A process for catalytically dehazing lubricating base oils is disclosed, which comprises contacting the lubricating base oil in the presence of hydrogen with a catalyst comprising naturally occurring and/or synthetic ferrierite which ferrierite has been modified to reduce the mole percentage of alumina and a low acidity refractory oxide binder material which is essentially free of alumina.

Catalytic dehazing of lubricating base oils

A hydrocarbon distillate fraction is hydrotreated in a single stage by passing the distillate fraction downwardly over a stacked bed of two hydrotreating catalysts. The catalyst in the upper bed contains 0.1 to 15% by weight of platinum and/or palladium and also contains 2 to 40% by weight of at least one of tungsten, chromium, a Group VIIB metal, and an actinium series metal supported on an acidic refractory oxide carrier. The catalyst in the lower bed contains 1 to 15% by weight of a non-noble Group VIII metal and 1 to 25% by weight of a Group VIB metal on an amorphous, refractory oxide carrier. The liquid hydrocarbon product recovered has a reduced content of aromatics and a reduced heteroatom content.

Single stage, stacked bed hydrotreating process utilizing a noble metal

A process is disclosed for the catalytic dewaxing of a hydrocarbon oil feed comprising waxy molecules, which process comprises:

Catalytic dewaxing processes using alumina free coated catalyst

A process for improving the quality of lubricating base oils, which process comprises contacting a lubricating base oil with dry activated carbon.

Process for improving lubricating base oil quality

A process for the preparation of a lubricating base oil, comprising treating a hydrocarbonaceous product with hydrogen, at elevated temperature and pressure and in the presence of a catalyst, which hydrocarbonaceous product has been prepared by contacting hydrocarbons and/or derivatives thereof with an active hydrogen-containing system by a process which comprises generating a hydrogen-containing plasma and allowing contact of the hydrocarbons and/or derivatives thereof in liquid form with the plasma-generated system and recovering the hydrocarbonaceous product.

Process for the preparation of lubricating base oils

Process for the preparation of a polar lubricating base oil, including reacting a hydrocarbonaceous product with a polar compound, including at least one heteroatom and which hydrocarbonaceous product has been prepared by contacting hydrocarbons and/or derivatives thereof with an active-hydrogen containing system by a process which includes generating a hydrogen-containing plasma and allowing contact of the hydrocarbons and/or derivatives thereof in liquid form with the plasma-generated system and recovering the hydrocarbonaceous product.

Process for the preparation of polar lubricating base oils

A process for the preparation of a lubricating base oil including contacting a hydrocarbon feed with a catalyst in the presence of hydrogen, which catalyst includes a hydrogenation component supported on an amorphous silica-alumina carrier having a macroporosity in the range of from 5% vol to 50% vol. The hydrocarbon feed is most preferably a slack wax or a synthetic wax. The preferred catalyst for use in the process includes a combination of one or more of the metals cobalt, iron, and nickel, and one or more of the metals chromium, molybdenum, and tungsten on an amorphous silica-alumina carrier having a macroporosity in the range of from 5% vol to 50% vol.

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