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A crude feedstock having a residue content (measured by ASTM method D5307) of 0.2 g or more per gram of crude feed is brought into contact with a hydrogen source in the presence of an inorganic salt catalyst, and a liquid mixture at 25 ° C. and 0.101 MPa. a process to produce a total product that includes a certain crude product, inorganic salt catalyst may include multiple alkali metal salts (where the alkali metal atom number is of 11 or higher), alkali metal At least one of the salts is an alkali metal carbonate, and an atomic ratio of one alkali metal having an atomic number of 11 or more to one alkali metal having an atomic number greater than 11 is in the range of 0.1 to 10. The process, and the temperature, pressure, crude feed stream, total product stream, residence time, hydrogen source stream, or so that the crude product residue content is 30% or less of the crude feed residue content , or A method for producing a crude product comprising a step of controlling contact conditions comprising a combination thereof.   2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the total product is produced as steam and the method further comprises the step of condensing at least a portion of the steam at 25 ° C. and 0.101 MPa to produce a crude product. The method described. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the atomic ratio is in the range of 0.1 to 4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein at least two of the alkali metals are sodium and potassium, and the atomic ratio of sodium to potassium is in the range of 0.1-4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the alkali metal is sodium, potassium, cesium, rubidium, or a mixture thereof. At least three of the alkali metals are sodium, potassium, and rubidium, each atomic ratio of sodium to potassium, sodium to rubidium, and potassium to rubidium is in the range of 0.1-5; at least three of the alkali metals are sodium Potassium, cesium, sodium to potassium, sodium to cesium, and potassium to cesium atomic ratios in the range of 0.1 to 5; or at least three of the alkali metals are potassium, cesium, rubidium, potassium The method according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein each atomic ratio of cesium to cesium, potassium to rubidium, and cesium to rubidium is in the range of 0.1 to 5. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the inorganic salt catalyst further comprises an alkaline earth metal. The hydrogen source is hydrogen, light hydrocarbon, water, or a mixture thereof.
The method of any one of these. During contact, form non-condensable hydrocarbons at 25 ° C. and 0.101 MPa to form 0.2 g or less, 0.15 g or less, 0.1 g or less, or 0.05 g or less (measured by mass balance) per gram of crude raw material. The method according to claim 1, wherein the contact conditions are controlled. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the crude product contains 0.00001 to 0.03 g or 0.0001 to 0.01 g of coke per gram of crude product. The crude feed also has TAN, total Ni / V / Fe content (expressed in g Ni / V / Fe per gram crude feed), total heteroatom content (expressed in g heteroatoms per gram crude feed) And the contact conditions are: TAN of crude product, total Ni / V / Fe content, and / or total heteroatom content is TAN of crude feed, total Ni / V / Fe content, and / or The method according to any one of claims 1 to 10, which is also controlled to be 90% or less of the total heteroatom content. The crude product also has 0.00001 g to 0.2 g naphtha, 0.0001 g to 0.9 g distillate, 0.0001 to 0.99 g vacuum gas oil, or mixtures thereof per gram of crude product. The method of any one of Claims 1-11 containing. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the residual content of the crude raw material is 0.2 to 0.99 g or 0.3 to 0.8 g per gram of the crude raw material. 14. The method of any one of claims 1-13, further comprising blending the crude product with crude oil that is the same as or different from the crude feedstock to form a blend. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 13, further comprising the step of producing a transportation fuel, a heating fuel, a lubricant or a chemical. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein the treating step comprises distilling the crude product or blend into one or more distillate fractions. The method according to claim 15 or 16, wherein the treatment step includes a hydrotreatment step.