Inventors:
Chakka Sudhakar - Wappingers Falls NY
Gerald G. Sandford - Glenham NY
Phillip L. Dahlstrom - Hopewell Junction NY
Mahendra S. Patel - Hopewell Junction NY
Edwin L. Patmore - Fishkill NY
Assignee:
Texaco Inc. - White Plains NY
International Classification:
C10G 4560
C10G 4504
C10G 4508
Abstract:
Hydrodesulfurization of cracked naphtha, with minimum attendant hydrogenation of olefins, is effected over a sulfided carbon support catalyst bearing (i) a non-noble Group VIII metal, (ii) a Group VI-B metal, and (iii) a metal of Group IA, II A, III B, or the lanthanide Group of rare earths.