TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The biorenewable feedstock is deoxygenated by the hydroconversion process to produce water and liquid organic components having a lower oxygen content in comparison to the oxygen content of the biorenewable feed. The method comprises: mixing 50-99 wt% of a low value petroleum derived hydrocarbon with 1-50 wt% of at least one lignocellulosic biomass material feedstock to form the combined feed; reacting the combined feed with at least one sulfide containing microparticulate dispersed metal catalyst in a hydroconversion reaction zone at hydroconversion reaction conditions including a temperature of 350-500 degrees C and a pressure of 1200-2500 psig; and withdrawing the hydroconversion reaction product from the reaction zone, where the hydroconversion reaction product includes a naphtha yield on a wt% product basis that is greater than the naphtha yield of on a wt% product basis of a straight low value petroleum derived hydrocarbon feed at the same hydroconversion reaction conditions and using the same type and amount of hydroconversion catalyst. Preferred Components: The combined feed is a multi-phase liquid feed or a multi-phase solid/liquid feed. The biorenewable feedstock is present in the combined feed in an amount ranging from an surfactant acting amount of lignin to 75 wt%. The biorenewable feedstock is a particulate solid that is present in the hydroconversion reaction zone in an amount ranging from a surfactant acting amount to 50 wt%. The biorenewable feedstock is a particulate solid and/or a liquid. The biorenewable feedstock is a lignin, which is kraft lignins, organosolve lignins, wood-derived lignins, agricultural-derived lignins and/or municipal waste derived lignins. EXAMPLE - To the reactor, heavy vacuum residue from a Ural crude (ASTM 1050 of 85%+), alone or with lignin AT obtained as a waste product from the kraft process, was added. The feed ingredient(s) were slurried with a catalyst comprised of powdered bauxite (1% iron) catalyst or 1% of an oil soluble molybdenum compound, Molyvan (RTM: Molybdenum di(2-ethylhexyl)phosphorodithioate) in petroleum process oil at 150 degrees C with elemental sulfur. The slurry was heated to 320 degrees C for 60 minutes and then ramped to 450 degrees C and held for 80 minutes under flowing hydrogen at 13789 kPa guage (2000 psig). One run was performed with Ural feed plus catalyst (300 g) as a control. A second run was performed with Ural feed (300 g), and powered solid lignin AT (60 g). The light reactor products were collected in a knock out vessel and heavy products and by-products were collected from the reactor. The runs with 1% iron as bauxite catalyst formed hard solids in the reactor. The product yields were not good and no synergistic effect was seen. This result suggests that an insufficient amount of iron catalyst was used. The molybdenum catalyst performed much better likely due to its higher activity. The yield for the Ural crude and the combined Ural crude/lignin AT were 5.2 and 18.6, respectively.