temperatures heats up the jet fuel during these normal processes the jet fuel is heated and residual oxygen and oxygenates that are in the jet fuel can react and polymerize to form gums and deposits in the jet fuel circulation system and in the jet fuel lines to the engines these deposits change the heat transfer characteristics of the engine and can affect the flow through the fuel lines resulting in a reduction in the engine performance in addition jet fuel and kerosene can be used as a feedstock for the production of normal paraffins in the c10 to c16 range these normal paraffins are used in the production of linear alkylbenzenes lab labs are used in the production of biodegradable detergents during the process of normal paraffin extraction the kerosene is heated the heating of the kerosene in the presence of oxygen dissolved in the kerosene can cause polymerization reactions that in turn can result in gums and deposit formation these gums and deposits result in the fouling of equipment and in increased down time of the processes and subsequent loss of production the oxygen in kerosene is a precursor to hydroperoxides the hydroperoxide species react using a free radical mechanism to form polymers the present invention uses a specific set of conditions to strip oxygen from kerosene and from jet fuel in a controlled fashion resulting in a kerosene and jet fuel product stream with a reduced tendency to form gums and deposits the present invention is a process for stripping oxygen from.