An explosion proof mobile phone for offshore work in Brazil has to survive more than the classification drawing. Brazilian production is concentrated in the Santos and Campos basins, where floating production units work in deep water far from shore, crews rotate by helicopter and a handset that fails stays failed until the next flight. This page is for the operators, vessel owners and contractors who decide what a person can carry onto those units. The IS-04Z1 is designed around intrinsic safety rather than a flameproof enclosure.
Launching Q4 2026 · IECEx programme in progress
Pre-salt reservoirs lie beneath a thick layer of salt under deep water, which is why production runs through large FPSOs moored far from the coast. The gas carries a high share of carbon dioxide, so treatment and, in some developments, reinjection add classified equipment to the deck. Petrobras is the main operator, and its own page covers explosion proof phone for Petrobras sites in more detail. International partners and independents work alongside it, and the vessels are very often owned by charter companies that run them for the field operator.
On a floating unit the question is less whether a handset works than whether it can be replaced, charged and managed from shore.
Crews work and live on board until the next change. A handset needs a battery that lasts the working day, a charging point in the accommodation, and software that does not need a visit to the office. The 4,000 mAh cell is specified for that pattern.
Anything flown out competes with people and supplies. Fewer, more robust handsets, with spares held onshore at Macaé or Rio, is the usual approach, and it is why IP68 sealing and the rugged build matter.
Connectivity is limited and shared. Android Enterprise management lets a console schedule updates for the accommodation Wi-Fi and keep the heavy downloads out of working hours.
Operator staff, vessel-owner crews and service contractors work together. Enrolment in an existing MDM console allows a separate profile for each and a clean wipe when a contractor leaves.
Brazilian offshore work is governed by NR-37 for platform safety, and units run their own permit systems. A handset can carry the permit and the daily report, but the approvals it needs come from the unit's HSE team.
An operator on a round reads local gauges, photographs an anomaly and reports it to the central control room while still on deck. The record is stamped with a location on the unit, not left to memory.
Offloading is a joint operation between the unit and a vessel. A handset on the deck lets the crew confirm hose and valve status with the control room, and keep a photographic record of connections.
Revitalising a Campos Basin unit means maintenance crews working through a backlog. A managed handset carries job packs, photographs finished work and logs spares used for onshore planners.
No. The device is pre-launch, and IECEx, ATEX and the INMETRO route are in progress ahead of the Q4 2026 launch. Any offshore evaluation would depend on the certificates and the unit's own approval.
No. A handset works on the deck, not subsea, so depth matters only through logistics: how far the unit is from the shore and how long a failed device stays failed.
The operator of the field, with the vessel owner's rules also applying. Ask both sets of HSE teams which evidence they want before issuing anything.
It is designed to be managed from existing MDM consoles through Android Enterprise, so policy, apps and updates can be set onshore and applied when the device is on the platform network.
Tell us the site, the zone and gas group, and roughly how many handsets. The SAMS team replies by email with the datasheet and the certification schedule for Brazil. The IS-04Z1 is pre-launch and certification is in progress, so there is no list price yet; indicative pricing is issued in writing against a stated quantity and site.
Tell us the zone, gas group and operator. We will send the datasheet and the certification schedule for your market.
