A process for the production of olefins, the process comprising: Directing a
hydrocarbon feed to a
hydrocarbon cracking plant that cracks at least part of the
hydrocarbon feed to generate a cracker
discharge; Directing the cracker
effluent to a cracker
effluent separation system that separates the cracker
effluent to produce at least one C4 crack effluent, wherein the C4 crack effluene comprises at least 1-
butene, 1,3-butadiene and isobutene; Directing the C4
cracking effluent to a selective hydrogenation and
isomerization unit, which brings the C4
cracking effluent into contact with
hydrogen in the presence of a selective hydrogenation catalyst at a temperature of 60°C to 80°C and a pressure of 20 bar (2,000 kPa) to 25 bar (2,500 kPa) to generate a hydrogenation effluent, wherein The contact of the C4 cracking effluent with the
hydrogen in the presence of the selective hydrogenation catalyst hydrogenates 1,3-butadiene to 1-
butene, n-
butane or both, and at least some of the 1-
butene isomerized to 2-butenes; and the concentration of 2-butenes in the hydrogenation effluent is greater than or equal to the sum of the concentration of 1-butene and the concentration of isobutene in the hydrogenation effluent; Directing the hydrogenation effluent to a metathesis unit, which brings the hydrogenation effluent into contact with a metathesis catalyst and a cracking catalyst downstream of the metathesis catalyst to generate a metathesis reaction effluent comprising at least
propene, wherein The contact with the metathesis catalyst causes the metathesis of at least some of the 1-butene, the 2-butenes and the isobutene in the hydrogenation effluent to produce a metathesis
reaction product; and Contact with the cracking catalyst causes at least some of the C5+ olefins produced by metathesis to undergo cracking reactions to produce
propene, ethene, or both.