Climate
Hot, humid tropical conditions with a heavy rainy season.
Indonesia remained a net importer of petroleum products in 2024, at about 787 thousand barrels a day or 42 percent of consumption, which keeps pressure on large refineries such as Cilacap to run reliably. Crude distillation, cracking and storage areas are Zone 1 environments. If you are specifying an Ex-proof mobile phone for Cilacap Refinery, Central Java, this page covers the markings, the approvals and the current certification status of the IS-04Z1.
Pre-launch · certification in progress · Launching Q4 2026
Short answer. The SAMS IS-04Z1 is the intrinsically safe smartphone covered here for Cilacap Refinery, Central Java: pre-launch, designed for Zone 1 and Zone 21 (marking target Ex ib IIC T4), with certification in progress and no certificate issued.
Current position: certification in progress, nothing issued, launch targeted for Q4 2026. A buyer's engineering review is separate from the certificate. Certification status. Place facts reviewed October 2026.
| Check | What to look for | IS-04Z1 today |
|---|---|---|
| Ex marking | Group, category, protection concept, gas group, temperature class | II 2 G Ex ib IIC T4 (target) |
| Gas group | IIA, IIB or IIC matched to the area drawing | IIC (target) |
| Temperature class | T-class below the ignition temperature of the gas | T4, 135 °C (target) |
| Where it applies | Cilacap Refinery, Central Java: Refinery process units, Crude and product tank farms, Marine loading facilities | Classified by the site operator |

An intrinsically safe Android smartphone designed for Zone 1 and Zone 21 hazardous areas in Cilacap Refinery. It is pre-launch: IECEx, ATEX and NEC 500 certification is in progress ahead of the Q4 2026 launch.
Who operates there and which kinds of classified area a handset would meet, from the SAMS site research.
Hot, humid tropical conditions with a heavy rainy season.
Fortune Indonesia lists Cilacap as the largest Pertamina refinery and reports it supplies about a third of national fuel demand.
Cilacap's port is one of only a few on Java's southern coast able to handle ships of reasonable tonnage, sheltered by Nusakambangan island, and Tunggul Wulung Airport offers scheduled flights to Jakarta and Semarang.
PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional, a Pertamina subsidiary, manages the refinery and has appointed outside consultants for asset integrity work, so contractor engagement typically runs through that company's procurement rules.
The asset programme includes a physical verification of the facility, an equipment criticality assessment and identification of safety critical elements, which shows asset registers and safety-critical equipment lists are being formalised on site.
As part of modernisation, Pertamina is improving management of more than 85,000 maintainable assets at RU IV, starting with a maintenance master data project to classify every item correctly.
“Ex-proof” is shorthand for equipment carrying an explosion-protection marking (the Ex mark) that matches the area it enters. The marking states the protection concept, gas or dust group and temperature class, and it must be backed by a certificate issued by a recognised body, so a phone described as Ex-proof should come with a certificate number you can check.
The IS-04Z1 is designed to carry the marking II 2 G Ex ib IIC T4. That is a target: certification is in progress, no certificate has been issued, and SAMS will publish the certificate numbers when they exist.
In Cilacap Refinery, Central Java. A marking check at Cilacap would match the label to the zone, gas group and temperature class assigned to each unit or tank farm. Fuel vapours typically sit within IIA or IIB, so IIC is conservative. The IS-04Z1 target marking is II 2 G Ex ib IIC T4, not approved.
A short checklist for anyone writing or reviewing the specification, with the IS-04Z1 status against each point.
No. Nothing can be bought or taken into a classified area today: certification is in progress and launch is planned for Q4 2026. What is available now is the datasheet, the written certification schedule and evaluation units for safe-area use.
There is no list price yet. SAMS gives indicative pre-launch pricing in writing, against a stated quantity and site, and does not commit to a lead time before certification completes.
The marking target is II 2 G Ex ib IIC T4. It becomes a marking only when the certificate is issued; until then it is a design target.
Likely candidates are refinery process units, crude and product tank farms, marine loading facilities. Which areas are classified, and to what zone, is set by the site operator's own area classification drawings.
Not exactly. Explosion proof is a broad everyday term; intrinsic safety is one protection concept, which limits energy so ignition cannot occur. Flameproof (Ex d) is a different concept that contains an explosion. The IS-04Z1 is intrinsically safe by design.
The complex processes crude into gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation fuel and LPG, plus asphalt and petrochemicals. Flammable vapour from light products and pressurised LPG are the usual concerns, but the plant defines its zones, so ask for the current classification.
With more than 85,000 maintainable assets and an ongoing safety-critical-element review, the refinery is formalising what is classified and how it is maintained. That usually means device approvals and area classification records are checked closely, so bring documentation.
The climate is hot and humid with a heavy rainy season, so devices on tank farms and jetties meet rain often. Check sealing and charging arrangements. Rain protection is separate from explosion protection, so confirm the permitted device list with the operator.
More on Cilacap Refinery, and on other places in Indonesia.
Send the site, zone and gas group and roughly how many handsets. We reply by email with the datasheet and the certification schedule.
Name the site and the operator and we will send what is available before launch.