An explosion proof mobile phone for gas work in Greece has to suit three very different places: the Revithoussa LNG terminal in the Gulf of Megara, the floating storage and regasification unit off Alexandroupolis in the Thracian Sea, and the Greek leg of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, which enters the country at Kipoi on the Turkish border. This page is for the HSE, instrumentation and telecoms teams who decide what a technician may carry past the gate at each of them. The IS-04Z1 is designed around intrinsic safety rather than a flameproof enclosure.
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Revithoussa is an islet in the Gulf of Megara, about 45 km west of Athens, and its terminal is operated by DESFA. Three shore tanks hold 225,000 m³ of LNG, and a floating storage unit moored roughly 700 m from the terminal lifts the total to about 370,000 m³. The jetty, tank area, vaporisation plant and floating unit are separate classified zones, so people move between them by road and small boat rather than across one fence line. Alexandroupolis is the opposite arrangement. Gastrade's 170,000 m³ FSRU lies in the Thracian Sea about 18 km south-west of the town and some 10 km from the nearest shore, and has been in commercial operation since 1 October 2024 and a regasification capacity of 5.5 billion m³ a year. The Greek section of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline runs for about 550 km, with a single compressor station near Kipoi and 23 block valve stations, and leaves for Albania at the western border. Most of that length is unmanned; the classified places are the compressor station, the pig traps, the valve and metering stations, and the interconnection with the Greek transmission system at Nea Messimvria.
The classification decides whether a handset may be carried at all; the layout decides how long it stays useful.
Natural gas is gas group IIA, so the IIC marking target of the IS-04Z1 (II 2 G Ex ib IIC T4, certification in progress) covers it with margin. The figure to check is the temperature class against the surface-temperature limit on the area drawing.
Spray, condensation and the odd cold-cargo splash are normal around the Revithoussa jetty. IP68 sealing lets a handset be rinsed down.
A technician on a floating unit cannot nip back for a spare. The 4,000 mAh cell is sized for a working day with the camera and a work order application in use.
A block valve station in the hills of northern Greece may have weak mobile coverage. Four-constellation GNSS fixes the location regardless of signal, and an offline-capable inspection application can synchronise on return.
Gas terminals are strategic infrastructure and photography is normally restricted. The 50 MP camera is useful for defect records, so the practical answer is an Android Enterprise policy that your own console can enforce, with the camera allowed in some areas and locked in others.
Work is organised differently at each. Revithoussa runs routine rounds and cargo windows, with contractors for plant shutdowns; the Alexandroupolis unit is staffed as a vessel, with technicians arriving by boat; the pipeline is dispersed crews on inspection circuits, with specialists called to Kipoi. Each operator runs its own contractor onboarding and permit rules. We claim no relationship with DESFA, Gastrade or TAP; this is what their teams would ask of any equipment supplier.
When an LNG carrier berths, the shore team, the marine staff and the surveyor all work to a tight window around the transfer arms. One handset carrying the checklist, the permit and a photograph of each connection saves the trip back to the control building.
Alexandroupolis is a vessel, so acceptance of equipment on its deck follows the flag administration and class society rather than a plant explosion protection document alone. A handset for that work needs the marine route assessed first; the onshore connection is treated separately.
A crew on a TAP inspection round drives between block valve stations, checks valve position and leak status, and logs each visit with a location and a photograph. At the Kipoi compressor station the same crew meet permit-to-work rules for a classified compressor hall.
Not on the strength of an ATEX certificate alone. The unit is a vessel, and equipment carried aboard answers to the flag administration, the classification society and the operator's own marine requirements. If your users work on the vessel, send us the vessel details and we will state what the certification does and does not cover.
A device marked IIC can be used where IIA and IIB atmospheres exist, so one handset serves the whole site, including any hydrogen in laboratories or stores. On a gas terminal the temperature class and the zone usually limit use, not the gas group.
They are three separate companies, each with its own HSE rules, contractor onboarding and procurement. Ask each operator's procurement and HSE teams what they require from an equipment supplier; expect certificate references, the full marking string, the declaration of conformity and the repair route.
The handset's GNSS, camera and installed applications do not need coverage to record a visit. Later synchronisation depends on your inspection application and management console, so a short trial on a real round says more than a datasheet. The IS-04Z1 is pre-launch; any trial would follow certification.
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 Greece. 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.
