A process for producing a C3 olefin product stream and a hydrocarbon stream comprising hydrocarbons boiling in the jet fuel range, the process comprising: passing a feedstock stream comprising oxygenates over a catalyst active in the conversion of oxygenates for producing a first olefin stream; conducting the first olefin stream to a first separation step and withdrawing thereof a liquid hydrocarbon fraction comprising at least 50 wt % of the C3-olefins contained in the first olefin stream; conducting the liquid hydrocarbon fraction to a fractionation step and separating therefrom said C3 olefin product stream and the olefin product stream; and converting the olefin product stream into the hydrocarbon stream comprising hydrocarbons boiling in the jet fuel range, particularly sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), by subsequent oligomerization and hydrogenation. The invention provides also a plant for conducting the process.

According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a zeolite catalyst having an MRE structure for hydro-isomerization. The zeolite catalyst has an adsorption volume ratio of lutidine to collidine measured by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) using lutidine and collidine as adsorbents of greater than 3 and less than or equal to 10. According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a method of hydro-isomerization for a hydrocarbon feedstock, including subjecting the hydrocarbon feedstock to a hydro-isomerization reaction under conditions of a temperature of 200 C. to 500 C., a hydrogen pressure of 1 to 200 atmospheres, a liquid space velocity (LHSV) of 1.0 to 10.0 hr.sup.1, and the hydrogen/feedstock ratio of 45 to 1780 Nm.sup.3/m.sup.3 in the presence of the zeolite catalyst.

According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a zeolite catalyst having an MRE structure for hydro-isomerization. The zeolite catalyst has an adsorption volume ratio of lutidine to collidine measured by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) using lutidine and collidine as adsorbents of greater than 3 and less than or equal to 10. According to an aspect of the present invention, provided is a method of hydro-isomerization for a hydrocarbon feedstock, including subjecting the hydrocarbon feedstock to a hydro-isomerization reaction under conditions of a temperature of 200 C. to 500 C., a hydrogen pressure of 1 to 200 atmospheres, a liquid space velocity (LHSV) of 1.0 to 10.0 hr.sup.1, and the hydrogen/feedstock ratio of 45 to 1780 Nm.sup.3/m.sup.3 in the presence of the zeolite catalyst.

A process for making a renewable product from a biofeedstock, in which a biofeedstock is contacted with a hydroconversion catalyst under hydroconversion conditions, the biofeedstock comprising one or more biocomponents, and the hydroconversion catalyst comprising a hydrotreating catalyst and a hydroisomerization catalyst.

Disclosed are crystalline mesoporous molecular sieves based on molecular sieve SSZ-91, methods for making mesoporous SSZ-91, and use of mesoporous SSZ-91 in hydroconversion applications. Mesoporous molecular sieve SSZ-91 is characterized as: having a low degree of faulting, having a low aspect ratio that inhibits hydrocracking as compared to conventional ZSM-48 materials having an aspect ratio of greater than 8, being substantially phase pure, and having a total pore volume (measured at P/P.sub.0 of 0.95) in the mesopore diameter range is at least about 0.2 cc/g and wherein the micropore volume is at least 0.05 cc/g.

A catalyst for an FT reaction that converts a mixture of carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H.sub.2) into liquid hydrocarbons comprising a composite carrier containing uniformly dispersed alumina and zeolite and a metal uniformly supported on the composite carrier is proposed. Herein, the metal includes Co. In addition, a method of preparing the catalyst is also proposed.