A process for removing relatively low levels of high molecular weight
organic sulfur from hydrocarbon streams, particularly from streams that
have picked-up such sulfur while being transported through a pipeline.
The hydrocarbon stream containing the organic sulfur is passed through a
bed of adsorbent material comprised of a high Ni content, high surface
area material that also contains an effective amount of SiO.sub.2 or
GeO.sub.2 and an alkaline earth metal.