Abstract:
HIGH QUALITY JET AND MOTOR FUELS ARE PREPARED BY HYDROTREATING A HYDROCARBON OIL CHARGE STOCK, PASSING THE EFFLUENT FROM THE HYDROTREATING ZONE INTO CONTACT WITH A HYDROCRACKING CATALYST COMPRISING A GROUP VIII METAL SUPPORTED ON A MODIFIED ZEOLITE AND AT LEAST ONE AMORPHOUS INORGANIC OXIDE, RECOVERING A MOTOR AND A JET FUEL FRACTION AND CONTACTING THAT PORTION OF THE PRODUCT BOILING ABOVE THE JET FUEL RANGE WITH A NICKEL HYDROCRACKING CATALYST.