Offshore logistics
Equipment and crews move by supply vessel and helicopter, so spares and replacements need planning.
This is a regional grouping of offshore production platforms and FPSOs in Brazilian waters, mainly in the Campos and Santos basins. The P-56 project created about 4,000 direct and 12,000 indirect jobs in Brazil, showing the scale of the domestic shipyard and fabrication workforce that supports offshore units. An industrial mobile phone distributor in Brazilian offshore oil platforms would carry the IS-04Z1 to these buyers once certification completes.
Pre-launch · certification in progress · Launching Q4 2026
Short answer. Brazilian offshore oil platforms has no appointed SAMS distributor yet: the IS-04Z1 is pre-launch (certification in progress, no certificate issued, launch planned for Q4 2026), and distributor applications are open.
Status: pre-launch. IECEx, ATEX, UKEX and NEC 500 certification is in progress and no certificate has been issued; launch is planned 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ingress protection | IP rating for dust and water | IP68 design |
| Fleet management | EMM and MDM support | Android 16 with EMM and MDM |
| Explosion protection | A separate certificate and marking | In progress; not issued |
| Where it applies | Brazilian offshore oil platforms: Gas compression, Cargo tanks and offloading areas, Oil and gas process modules | Classified by the site operator |

An intrinsically safe Android smartphone designed for Zone 1 and Zone 21 hazardous areas in Brazil Oil Platforms. 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.
Equipment and crews move by supply vessel and helicopter, so spares and replacements need planning.
Salt air, heat and humidity are routine, so enclosure ratings and corrosion resistance matter.
Petrobras reported that 62.7 percent of its Brazilian proved developed reserves in 2014 were in the offshore Campos Basin, which explains the large fleet of platforms off Rio de Janeiro state.
Petrobras was created in 1953 with a legal monopoly, and a 1997 law ended that monopoly and set up the national petroleum agency ANP as the regulator and supervisor of the industry.
The semisubmersible P-56 is anchored in 1,670 m of water at the Marlim Sul field, 120 km off the coast, tied back to 21 wells and rated at 100,000 barrels per day with 6 million cubic metres a day of gas compression.
The P-50 platform began production in April 2006 in the Albacora-Leste field of the Campos Basin, a milestone that made Brazil self-sufficient in oil production.
“Industrial” describes a phone built for plant conditions: sealed, drop-resistant and manageable at fleet scale through Android Enterprise. It does not by itself mean the phone may enter a classified area. Only a device with a valid explosion-protection certificate and marking may do that.
The IS-04Z1 is designed to be both an industrial Android phone (IP68, 4,000 mAh battery, 50 MP camera, Android 16 with EMM and MDM support) and an intrinsically safe one. Its explosion-protection certificates are in progress and have not been issued.
In Brazilian offshore oil platforms. Offshore fleets run on supply vessel and helicopter logistics, so replacement devices cannot be delivered quickly. EMM or MDM enrolment before mobilisation lets onshore teams push settings to Android 16 handsets. Charging belongs in safe accommodation or control areas, and spares should be planned.
SAMS is appointing authorised distributors ahead of the Q4 2026 launch. No territory has been granted for Brazilian offshore oil platforms yet and applications are reviewed company by company. Because a certified Ex device cannot be opened by an ordinary phone workshop without invalidating its certificate, SAMS looks for partners who can provide competent technical support and after-sales service locally.
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.
Yes by design: IP68 sealing, a 4,000 mAh battery, a 50 MP camera and Android 16 with EMM and MDM support. The explosion-protection certificates are separate and still in progress.
Likely candidates are oil and gas process modules, wellhead areas, gas compression, cargo tanks and offloading areas. Which areas are classified, and to what zone, is set by the site operator's own area classification drawings.
Apply through the distributor page with your company details and the territory you cover. SAMS reviews applications company by company and has not yet granted a territory for Brazilian offshore oil platforms.
Typically wellhead, process, gas compression, separator and some tank and drilling areas, along with parts of the helideck fuel area. Exact zones, gas groups and temperature classes come from the platform's classification drawings, so confirm them with the operator before taking a device out.
Rules are set by the operator and are usually strict: personal devices are often restricted to accommodation areas, and field devices normally must hold certification for the relevant zone. Check the induction material and ask the safety team which devices are permitted in each area.
Each operator, including Petrobras, Prio, Shell, Trident Energy, Brava Energia and Perenco, applies its own rules on portable devices and approvals. Ask each one for its Ex equipment policy rather than assuming a common standard applies. Confirm with the site operator before any order.
More on Brazil Oil Platforms, and on other places in Brazil.
Share the site details and quantity. You will get the datasheet and the certification schedule back by email; pricing is indicative only until launch.
Send the zone and gas group of your site and we will reply with the datasheet and schedule.