Catalytic hydrorefining of hydrocarbon oils

Claim 1

A PROCESSZ FOR HYDROREFINING A MINERAL OIL HYDROCARBON FEEDSTOCK CONTAINING AN INDIGENOUS ORGANIC IMPURITY FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF SULFUR COMPOUNDS, NITROGEN COMPOUNDS, AND OXYGEN COMPOUNDS WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL CRACKING OF HYDROCARBONS, WHICH COMPRISES SUBJECTING SAID FEEDSTOCK TO SELECTIVE HYDROGENATION AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN ABOUT 0* AND 850*F. IN CONTACT WITH HYDROGEN AND A CATALYST, AND AT A PRESSURE BETWEEN ABOUT 100 AND 5,000 P.S.I.G., SAID CATALYST CONSISTING OF DISCRETE PARTICLES OF AN ADSORBENT CARRIER CONTAINING OF DISCRETE THEREIN A HYDROGENATING COMPONENT SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF THE OXIDES AND SULFIDES OF THE METALS OF GROUPS VIB AND VIII OF THE PERIODIC SYSTEM, AND A RADIOACTIVE COMPONENT, SAID RADIOACTIVE COMPONENT BEING CHARACTERIZED BY THE EMISSION OF IONIZING RADIATIONS INCLUDING A PROPORTION OF BETA RADIATION OF MAXIMUM ENERGY BETWEEN ABOUT 0.0U AND 3.9 MEV. WHICH IS AT LEAST ABOUT 20% OF THE TOTAL RADIATION ENERGY, ANY REMAINING RADIATION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EXCLUSIVELY GAMMA RADIATION, AND RECOVERING FROM SAID CONTACTING A PURIFIED HYDROCARBON PRODUCT.