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The refinery was built by Essar Oil, started up in 2006 and now trades as Nayara Energy. A delayed coker unit was added in 2012.
Vadinar, in Devbhoomi Dwarka district on the Gulf of Kutch, has a 20 million tonne a year refinery operated by Nayara Energy, formerly Essar Oil, and offshore crude moorings. Process units, tankage and marine facilities create Zone 1 areas. This page explains what to look for in an intrinsically safe smartphone for Vadinar, Gujarat, and where the IS-04Z1 stands against that list today.
Pre-launch · certification in progress · Launching Q4 2026
Short answer. The SAMS IS-04Z1 is the intrinsically safe smartphone covered here for Vadinar, Gujarat: 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Level of protection | ia, ib or ic matched to the zone | ib, for Zone 1 |
| Entity parameters | Uo, Io and Po within the device limits | Published with the certificate |
| Accessories | Chargers and cases certified with the device | Defined at certification |
| Where it applies | Vadinar, Gujarat: Refinery process units, Delayed coker, Single buoy mooring and tankage | Classified by the site operator |

An intrinsically safe Android smartphone designed for Zone 1 and Zone 21 hazardous areas in Vadinar India. 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.
The refinery was built by Essar Oil, started up in 2006 and now trades as Nayara Energy. A delayed coker unit was added in 2012.
Integrated port access takes vessels up to 350,000 DWT. Vadinar also has Deendayal Port Authority and Indian Oil single buoy moorings, with port expansion under way.
A similar buoy serves the Nayara Energy refinery, which is described as India's second-largest single-site refinery and is based at Vadinar.
Tropical cyclones sometimes affect the region during the wet season, so marine and jetty work depends on weather windows.
Deendayal Port operates at three locations along the Gulf of Kutch: Kandla Creek, Tuna Tekra and Vadinar.
The nearest airport is at Jamnagar, 47 kilometres away, and Vadinar is a small coastal town in Devbhumi Dwarka district.
Intrinsic safety limits the electrical and thermal energy in a circuit so that neither a spark nor a hot surface can ignite a gas or dust atmosphere, even when a fault occurs. The ib level, used for Zone 1, tolerates one fault. It is the usual way to make a handheld device that a worker carries continuously through a hazardous area.
The IS-04Z1 is designed on this principle for Zone 1 and Zone 21 (marking target II 2 G Ex ib IIC T4). Intrinsic safety is a design basis, not a certificate: certification is in progress and none has been issued yet.
In Vadinar, Gujarat. Rounds across process units, the delayed coker and tank areas, plus dispatch by sea, rail and road, give inspectors many separate areas to cover. An intrinsically safe handheld supports logging in place. The IS-04Z1 is designed for the role, though certification is still in progress.
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.
SAMS has not published a price. Any figure you are offered for an uncertified Ex phone should be treated with caution; written indicative pricing is available for a defined quantity and site.
The circuits are designed to limit energy so a spark or hot surface cannot ignite a gas or dust atmosphere, even with one fault (level ib, Zone 1). Certification of that design is in progress.
Likely candidates are refinery process units, delayed coker, single buoy mooring and tankage, product dispatch by sea, rail and road. 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.
Crude oil terminals, single-buoy moorings, pipelines and the refinery have classified areas due to flammable vapours. Operators define them, so request area classification and approved equipment lists before visiting.
The nearest airport is at Jamnagar, 47 kilometres away, with the final leg by road in a small coastal town. Confirm gate procedures, security passes and visit timings with each operator in advance.
Moorings and port areas have separate marine procedures, weather limits and permits. Salt spray and rain also stress devices. Confirm with the refinery and port authorities which devices are permitted at the moorings and how portable equipment is controlled during marine operations.
More on Vadinar India, and on other places in India.
Tell us what you need to equip and where. The SAMS team answers by email with the datasheet and where each certification route stands.
Tell us the zone, gas group and operator. We will send the datasheet and the certification schedule.