DILUENTS, METHOD FOR PREPARING A DILUTED HYDROCARBON COMPOSITION, AND DILUTED HYDROCARBON COMPOSITIONS

摘要

A diluent obtained by a) contacting a crude feed with hydrogen and one or more catalysts to produce a crude product; wherein at least one of the catalysts comprises one or more metals from Column 6 of the Periodic Table and/or one or more compounds of one or more metals from Columns 6 of the Periodic Table; and wherein contacting conditions are controlled at a partial pressure of hydrogen of least 3 MPa and a temperature of least 200 °C; b) separating the crude product into two or more portions, c) producing a diluent from at least part of at least one portion obtained in step b). Methods of preparing a diluted hydrocarbon composition using such diluent and diluted hydrocarbon compositions so obtained.