The present invention comprises a process for producing propylene
comprising the steps of contacting an olefin feed containing between
about 40 and about 80 wt-% olefins and between about 20 and about 60 wt-%
olefins and aromatics with a spherical catalyst to form a cracked
product, the catalyst comprising about 30 to about 80 wt-% of a
crystalline zeolite, the reaction conditions including a temperature from
about 500.degree. to 650.degree. C., a hydrocarbon partial pressure of 70
to 280 kPa (10 to 40 psia), a liquid hourly space velocity in the range
of 5 to 40 hr.sup.-1 and wherein propylene comprises at least 90 mol-% of
the total C.sub.3 products.