<p>A process for hydrotreating a hydrocarbon oil contaminated with suspended solid particles and dissolved metallic compounds, comprising the contacting of the oil at an elevated temperature in the presence of hydrogen with porous inorganic oxide particles having a surface area of 1 m2/g or less and a pore volume of at least 0.1 ml/g in pores having a diameter of at least 10 microns.</p>
