Alone at an unmanned station
Lone working is routine at small stations. Four-constellation GNSS puts a position on a record, and Android Enterprise lets the device be managed from the same console as the rest of the operator’s fleet.
Poland · Gaz-System
Explosion proof mobile phone for Gaz-System in Poland
Gaz-System operates Poland’s gas transmission grid, including the compressor stations that carry Norwegian gas after Baltic Pipe, and the Świnoujście LNG terminal on the Baltic coast. This page is for the operator’s HSE, automation and maintenance teams, and the contractors on its stations, who are looking for an explosion proof mobile phone in Poland rated for Zone 1. The IS-04Z1 is designed for that duty; certification is in progress ahead of Q4 2026. The IS-04Z1 is designed around intrinsic safety rather than a flameproof enclosure.
Launching Q4 2026 · certification programme in progress
Local approvalATEXEU Directive 2014/34/EU · Dz.U. 2016 poz. 817 · in progress
AvailabilityQ4 2026via authorised distributors
The grid · Gaz-System
Explosion proof mobile phone for Gaz-System: terminal, compressor stations and the grid
Gas transmission is a thin, long business: a few large nodes and a great many small unmanned ones. At the large end the Świnoujście LNG terminal has been in operation since 2016; after a second quay and a third process storage tank were added, Gaz-System describes its regasification capacity as up to 8.3 billion cubic metres a year. Baltic Pipe widened the grid’s capacity, and the compressor stations at Odolanów and Goleniów were expanded while Gustorzyn was built new. At the small end are pressure reduction and metering stations and valve nodes that a technician often visits alone. Natural gas is methane, gas group IIA, but a compressor hall or a vent stack still defines a zone, and a leak check is the moment you most want a camera and a position on the same device.
Facilities
- Świnoujście LNG terminal
- Jetty, cryogenic storage tanks, regasification units and send-out to the grid.
- Odolanów compressor station
- Existing station whose capacity was raised for Baltic Pipe flows.
- Goleniów compressor station
- Existing station expanded by 25 MW under the same programme.
- Gustorzyn compressor station
- New-build station with three compressor units.
- Reduction and metering stations
- Mostly unmanned and spread across the country, visited on maintenance routes.
- Pipeline routes and valve nodes
- Linear assets inspected on foot and by vehicle, often far from a building.
Where the zones fall
- LNG tanks and jetty
- Cold methane vapour around tank roofs, loading arms and transfer lines; classification radiates outwards from each source.
- Regasification units
- Vaporisers and send-out pipework carrying high-pressure natural gas.
- Compressor halls
- Gas-containing machinery in buildings where the ventilation rating sets the zone.
- Vent stacks and blowdown
- Venting for maintenance creates temporary zones that operate under permit.
- Filter and metering areas
- Small enclosures where leak checking is a routine task.
- Control and workshop buildings
- Outside the zones; where devices are issued and charged.
Built for local conditions
What gas transmission does to a handset
A grid operator’s people spread thin across a lot of ground, and the handset is often the only link between a technician and the control room.
IP ratingIP68
Battery4,000 mAh
Camera50 MP
OSAndroid 16
Wind off the Baltic
The LNG terminal is exposed coast. IP68 sealing and rugged build are aimed at wet, cold and salt-laden outdoor work, with the ambient range to be fixed by the certificate.
Methane is an easier case than hydrogen
Methane sits in gas group IIA, so a handset targeting II 2 G Ex ib IIC T4 has margin. If hydrogen-enriched gas is ever handled, IIC is the group that matters, and the area classification should say so.
Records that follow the asset
A photograph and a coordinate attached to an inspection record are worth more at a valve node than a free-text description. The 50 MP camera is for that.
Contractors on a station outage
Compressor outages bring maintenance contractors onto a small site for a short period. Enrolment, restriction and wiping through EMM and MDM fits that rotation.
Use cases · Gaz-System
Where a Gaz-System team would use the IS-04Z1
Compression01
Compressor station inspection rounds
A technician logs readings across a hall and its auxiliaries, photographs a defect and calls the control room from the same device, without leaving the zone to do it.
LNG02
Terminal jetty and tank area duty
Operators on the jetty during a cargo transfer need voice, a camera and a reliable position for the person on watch; a Zone 1 handset removes the need for a separate radio and camera.
Network03
Valve node and reduction station checks
A route covers several unmanned sites. The device carries the checklist, takes dated photographs and sends them when coverage allows.
Questions · Gaz-System
Frequently asked questions
Is natural gas an easy case for an intrinsically safe phone?
Gas group IIA is the least demanding of the three, but zone type still matters. A compressor hall may be Zone 2 where a vent stack is Zone 1, and the handset must be marked for the more severe of the two it will visit. Always check the operator’s classification drawing.
How does a handset cope with weak coverage along the grid?
The IS-04Z1 has 4G LTE and Wi-Fi. Whether records queue and sync later depends on the application your teams use; ask your application vendor for its offline behaviour.
Who approves a handset on Gaz-System sites?
The operator, through its own procurement and HSE rules. Ask what it requires of portable electronic devices on stations and at the terminal. SAMS has no relationship with Gaz-System, and this page is not an endorsement by it.
Enquiry · Gaz-System
Ask about the IS-04Z1 for Gaz-System, Poland
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 Poland. 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.
Enquiry · Gaz-System
Launching Q4 2026
Evaluating the IS-04Z1 for this site?
Tell us the zone, gas group and operator. We will send the datasheet and the certification schedule for your market.