PETRONAS Urea Research Committee

    The PETRONAS Urea Research Committee (URC) was formed to establish PETRONAS’ granular urea as a reliable and economic source of nitrogen. URC conducts R&D to achieve optimum use of urea (U) and urea-based (UB) fertilisers for crops in Malaysia as well as to identify problems associated with their usage and provide solutions to them.

    To create greater awareness, URC also provides information and technical advice on the safe and proper methods of U and UB fertiliser usage, such as:

- fertiliser recommendation for various crops;
- effectiveness of urea compared to other nitrogen sources;
- mechanisms to control volatisation; and
- recommendation on new forms of fertilisers such as   coated fertilisers.