Abstract: A novel catalyst composition comprising a crystalline aluminosilicate having a molar ratio of silica to alumina of at least 5:1, the aluminosilicate carrying gallium and copper, is useful in the conversion at elevated temperature of a C.sub.2 -C.sub.12 hydrocarbon feedstock into aromatic hydrocarbons.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 1993
Date of Patent:
August 9, 1994
Assignee:
The British Petroleum Company p.l.c.
Inventors:
Anthony H. P. Hall, Alistair W. Winstanley