Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst for a hydrocarbon oil, includes an inorganic porous support composed of at least the oxides of aluminum, phosphorus, and silicon, and supporting at least one active metal selected from the metals of Group 8 of the periodic table, at least one active metal selected from the metals of Group 6 of the periodic table, and phosphorus, the phosphorus chemical shift value of the inorganic support determined by 31P-CPMAS-NMR having the peak within the range of 0 to ?20 ppm. The catalyst can achieve an extremely high level of hydrogenation wherein the hydrocarbon is decreased in sulfur content to 10 ppm by mass or less and in nitrogen content to 3 ppm by mass or less.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrodesulfurization that can attain an extremely high depth of desulfurization to a sulfur content of 10 ppm by mass and maintain such a high desulfurization activity for a long period of time. The catalyst comprises an inorganic porous support containing alumina and phosphorus, at least one active metal selected from the metals of Group 8 of the periodic table, and at least one metal selected from the metals of Group 6A of the periodic table, the Group 8 metal and the Group 6A metal being contained in a molar ratio defined by (oxide of the Group 8 metal)/(oxide of the Group 6A metal) ranging from 0.055 to 0.150, and the content of the Group 6A metal in terms of oxide being in the range of 30 to 40 percent by mass based on the mass of the catalyst.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process of desulfurizing a heavy oil, which comprises diluting the heavy oil with a dilution medium to 90 percent by mass or less and cracking the diluted heavy oil at a cracking rate of 10 percent or less thereby prolonging the lifetime of a catalyst for desulfurizing a heavy oil.

Abstract: A hydrogenation catalyst for a hydrocarbon oil, includes an inorganic porous support composed of at least the oxides of aluminum, phosphorus, and silicon, and supporting at least one active metal selected from the metals of Group 8 of the periodic table, at least one active metal selected from the metals of Group 6 of the periodic table, and phosphorus, the phosphorus chemical shift value of the inorganic support determined by 31P-CPMAS-NMR having the peak within the range of 0 to ?20 ppm. The catalyst can achieve an extremely high level of hydrogenation wherein the hydrocarbon is decreased in sulfur content to 10 ppm by mass or less and in nitrogen content to 3 ppm by mass or less.

Abstract: A process for producing a high-octane gasoline blending stock in high yield from hydrocarbons having 4 carbon atoms and/or hydrocarbons having 5 carbon atoms recovered as by-products from a catalytic cracking unit or a thermal cracking unit, characterized in that a hydrocarbon mixture containing 50 percent by weight or more of hydrocarbon having 4 carbon atoms and/or hydrocarbons having 5 carbon atoms is brought into contact with a zeolite catalyst so as to be reformed under such reaction conditions that the reformed fraction having 5 or more carbon atoms has: (1) a content of olefins having 5 or more carbon atoms of 5 to 90 percent by weight; (2) an aromatic content of 10 to 90 percent by weight; (3) a benzene content of the aromatics of 10 percent by mass or less; and (4) a content of aromatics having 8 carbon atoms of the aromatics of 30 percent by mass, and the reformed fraction having 5 or more carbon atoms has a research octane number of 95 or higher and is produced at a yield of 60 percent by mass or m

Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrodesulfurization that can attain an extremely high depth of desulfurization to a sulfur content of 10 ppm by mass, exert high denitrogenation activity, and has high nitrogen resisting properties to nitrogen compounds which are substances inhibiting desulfurization reaction. The catalyst is suitable for hydrodesulfurizing petroleum hydrocarbons and characterized in that an inorganic porous support composed of mainly alumina contains, as active metals, at least one metal selected from the metals of Group 8 of the periodic table and at least one metal selected from the metals of Group 6A of the periodic table in a molar ratio defined by [oxide of the Group 8 metal]/[oxide of the Group 6A metal] ranging from 0.105 to 0.265 and the content of the Group 6A metal in terms of oxide is in the range of 20 to 30 percent by mass based on the mass of the catalyst.