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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barry Nay, Woking, GB;
Mark Royston Smith, Sunbury-on-Thames, GB;
Clive David Telford, Sunninghill, GB;
Assignee:
The British Petroleum Company p.l.c., London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585733 ; 585409 ; 585640 ; 518715 ; 502 50 ;
Abstract
A cobalt catalyst for use in the Fischer Tropsch reaction of synthesis gas to form hydrocarbons is activated or regenerated by treatment of a cobalt containing catalyst with a gas containing carbon monoxide, said gas containing less than 30% v hydrogen. The catalyst obtained has increased activity and greater selectivity towards producing C.sub.5 + hydrocarbons.