Investment programme
Petrobras plans US$4.6 billion for Reduc in 2026-2030, with maintenance shutdowns of the coking and hydrotreating units scheduled in 2026.
Duque de Caxias is an industrial municipality on Guanabara Bay about 17 km from downtown Rio de Janeiro. Reduc sells about 55 different products, the most of any Petrobras refinery, from diesel, jet fuel and asphalt to LPG, paraffins, lubricants, coke and sulphur, so many hazardous product streams are handled on site. If you are specifying an explosion proof mobile phone for Duque de Caxias, 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 Duque de Caxias: 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. Operator approval runs on its own timeline. Certification status. Place facts reviewed October 2026.
| Check | What to look for | IS-04Z1 today |
|---|---|---|
| Protection concept | Flameproof (Ex d) or intrinsic safety (Ex i) | Intrinsic safety, level ib |
| Zone suitability | Zone 1 gas and Zone 21 dust | Design target for Zone 1 and 21 |
| Certificate | Number, issuing body and schedule of conditions | In progress; not issued |
| Where it applies | Duque de Caxias: Refinery process units, Tank farms and pipelines, Loading and dispatch areas | Classified by the site operator |

An intrinsically safe Android smartphone designed for Zone 1 and Zone 21 hazardous areas in Duque de Caxias. It is pre-launch: IECEx, ATEX and NEC 500 certification is in progress ahead of the Q4 2026 launch.
The companies on site and the hazardous-area types a handset is likely to meet there.
Petrobras plans US$4.6 billion for Reduc in 2026-2030, with maintenance shutdowns of the coking and hydrotreating units scheduled in 2026.
The refinery sits in the dense Rio metropolitan area with road links to the city and airport.
The Duque de Caxias refinery (Reduc) has operated since 1961, ranks among Brazil's largest by crude capacity, and supplies about 80 percent of the country's lubricants while leading natural gas processing.
The Duque de Caxias refinery complex covers about 13 square kilometres beside Rodovia Washington Luis in the Campos Eliseos district, making it a very large industrial site inside the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area.
Reduc is listed among the Petrobras refineries receiving modernisation (revamp) projects in the company's refining investment portfolio, alongside Replan and the Presidente Bernardes refinery.
Petrobras has installed a reverse osmosis system supplied by SETA to treat and reuse refinery effluents, an example of the water-management projects that run alongside normal operations.
“Explosion proof” is the phrase most buyers use for equipment that may be taken into a classified hazardous area. Strictly, it covers several protection concepts: a flameproof enclosure (Ex d) contains an internal explosion, while intrinsic safety (Ex i) limits electrical energy so that an ignition cannot start. Phones are normally intrinsically safe, because a flameproof handset would be too heavy to carry all shift.
The IS-04Z1 uses intrinsic safety, with a marking target of Ex ib IIC T4, and is designed for Zone 1 and Zone 21. It is pre-launch, certification is in progress and no certificate has been issued.
In Duque de Caxias. At a multi-product site making more than 40 products, explosion-proof is too blunt a term. Refinery process units, tank farms and pipelines, loading and dispatch areas and biofuel processing each need the right protection concept. The IS-04Z1 is designed as an intrinsically safe handheld, pending certification.
A short checklist for anyone writing or reviewing the specification, with the IS-04Z1 status against each point.
Not today. Until the certificates are issued the IS-04Z1 stays out of classified areas, and until launch there is nothing to purchase. You can ask for the datasheet and the certification schedule, or book a safe-area evaluation unit.
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.
It is intrinsically safe (marking target Ex ib IIC T4), which is the usual way to make a phone for hazardous areas. It is not a flameproof (Ex d) design, and certification is still in progress.
Likely candidates are refinery process units, tank farms and pipelines, loading and dispatch areas, biofuel (saf and renewable diesel) processing. 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.
Large refineries run planned turnarounds, and Reduc is in Petrobras' revamp programme. Exact dates are set by the operator, so confirm shutdown windows, contractor induction rules and permit-to-work practice before scheduling visits with portable equipment.
Process units, lubricant and gas processing areas, tank farms and loading points commonly contain classified zones. Each area's gas group and temperature class is defined in the refinery's classification drawings, so ask the safety department for them before specifying a handheld device.
Possibly. SAF and renewable diesel processing is a different product stream from the original refinery units, so its area classification may differ. Do not assume one marking fits all. Ask Petrobras for the classification of the exact unit before choosing a device.
Other guides for Duque de Caxias, other places in Brazil, and the pages behind them.
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