Production of olefins

摘要

A process for cracking an olefin-rich hydrocarbon feedstock which is selective towards light olefins in the effluent, the process comprising contacting a hydrocarbon feedstock containing olefins having a first composition of one or more olefinic components with a crystalline silicate catalyst to produce an effluent having a second composition of one or more olefinic components, the feedstock and the effluent having substantially the same olefin content by weight therein as the feedstock.