Reliability study of shutdown process through the analysis of decision making in chemical plants. Case of study: Soth America, Spain and Portugal

The plant shutdown projects are a tool of support to the operational reliability, in this sense they allow to realize maintenance and repair works that cannot be executed in the normal operations of the plant. In this sense to define the plant shutdown project‘s reliability is associated with the fulfillment of the definite objectives framed in critical aspects (scope, cost, risk and quality) (Amendola, 2001). The reliability of these projects will depend on the correct management of these critical factors and the effectiveness of the team decisions and work.