FPSO-based fleet
New pre-salt units such as FPSO Almirante Tamandare (Buzios) and FPSO Alexandre de Gusmao (Mero) started up in 2025; FPSOs carry a full process plant on deck.
This is a regional grouping of offshore production platforms and FPSOs in Brazilian waters, mainly in the Campos and Santos basins. Pre-salt fields supplied 82 per cent of Petrobras production in 2025, so gas-hazard zones exist on process decks and in storage and offloading areas. A rugged 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.
For the record, no certificate exists for the IS-04Z1 today. The programme is under way ahead of a Q4 2026 launch. 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 | IP65 to IP68 sealing | IP68 design |
| Drop and shock | A stated drop height onto concrete | Specification on request |
| 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.
A short profile of the site and the kinds of classified area that matter for portable equipment.
New pre-salt units such as FPSO Almirante Tamandare (Buzios) and FPSO Alexandre de Gusmao (Mero) started up in 2025; FPSOs carry a full process plant on deck.
Equipment and crews move by supply vessel and helicopter, so spares and replacements need planning.
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 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.
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.
A rugged phone is built to survive water, dust, drops and rough handling, usually rated by an IP code and a drop specification. Ruggedness is an environmental property: it says nothing about whether a phone may be used where flammable gas or dust is present. That is decided by explosion-protection certification and marking.
The IS-04Z1 combines both: an IP68 sealed rugged build and a design for Zone 1 and Zone 21 (marking target Ex ib IIC T4). The explosion-protection certificates are in progress and none has been issued.
In Brazilian offshore oil platforms. Salt air, heat and humidity are routine offshore, so enclosure ratings and corrosion resistance matter for handsets as much as battery life. IP68 helps against spray and dust. It is not an explosion-protection rating, and it does not replace the Ex marking that the operator will check.
A distributor for Brazilian offshore oil platforms would carry the IS-04Z1 after certification completes; the Q4 2026 launch is the planning date and no appointment has been made. SAMS reviews applicants one by one and prefers companies with their own Ex-competent technical and service staff, since certified devices must not be repaired outside approved channels.
Not yet. The IS-04Z1 is pre-launch and its certification is still in progress ahead of a Q4 2026 launch. No unit goes into a classified area before the certificate covering it exists. The datasheet, the certification schedule and safe-area evaluation units are available now.
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.
It is designed to IP68 sealing, with glove-friendly controls. Ruggedness is not explosion protection: that depends on the certificates, which are 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.
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Share the site details and quantity. You will get the datasheet and the certification schedule back by email; pricing is indicative only until launch.
Tell us the zone, gas group and operator. We will send the datasheet and the certification schedule.