Process for the carbonylation of dimethyl ether with carbon monoxide in the presence of a catalyst to produce methyl acetate reaction product. The carbonylation process is conducted in the presence of hydrogen at a molar ratio of hydrogen to carbon monoxide of greater than 1 and the catalyst is a mordenite zeolite prepared from a synthesis mixture comprising at least one organic structure directing agent.

A method of catalytic hydrocracking. The method includes flowing a hydrocarbon feed comprising a heavy oil into a hydrocracking unit; and hydrocracking the hydrocarbon feed in the hydrocracking unit using a composite catalyst. The composite catalyst includes an ordered amorphous silica-alumina (OASA) having mesopores, a zeolite component having micropores, a first metal component, a second metal component, and a support material, where at least a fraction of the heavy oil is converted within the mesopores into an intermediate, and at least a fraction of the intermediate is further converted within the micropores to form a product stream including a middle distillate fraction.