Treatment of hydrocarbons

摘要

The invention provides a method of treatment of hydrocarbons, said method including hydrothermal treatment at a temperature of above 100{c or a chemical treatment with one or more chemical treatment agents, such as alcohols or carboxylic acids, in a single liquid phase, of metal oxygenate components in F-T derived hydrocarbons, such as F-T derived wax. The problem of plugging of downstream (hydro)processing catalyst bed or beds by a constituent of the f-t derived product stream is thereby at least partially alleviated.