To operate in an ever-tougher and competitive market it is necessary to focus on the constant enhancement of the plant reliability and effectiveness through the application of Risk Based Maintenance and advanced materials and technology.

Keeping high standards in safety, reliability and on-stream figures in a urea plant through time is the result of a combination of factors, the most important of which are design, applied materials of construction, fabrication quality, planned investment, and the applied operation and maintenance procedures in the high pressure synthesis section.

This paper highlights the importance of a good partnership between the urea producer and suppliers who are equally motivated and concentrated on constant improvements to realize high standards in safety, reliability and on-stream figures in a urea plant.