Abstract:
Hydrotreating a petroleum feedstream comprised of at least 50 wt. % of an atmospheric distillation distillate boiling range product stream, preferably hydrodesulfurization of raw virgin petroleum distillates, using a bulk multimetallic catalyst comprised of at least one Group VIII non-noble metal and at least two Group VIB metal wherein the ratio of Group VIB metal to Group VIII metal is from about 10:1 to 1:10.