Turkish refining and petrochemical capacity sits in a few clusters: Aliağa on the Aegean, İzmit and Körfez on the Marmara, and single plants at Kırıkkale and Batman. This page is for the HSE managers and engineers who need an explosion proof mobile phone for refining and petrochemicals in Türkiye that works across clusters and operators. The IS-04Z1 is designed for Zone 1 and Zone 21 and is still being certified. The IS-04Z1 is designed around intrinsic safety rather than a flameproof enclosure.
Launching Q4 2026 · certification programme in progress
Aliağa is the densest cluster. Tüpraş’s İzmir refinery, SOCAR Türkiye’s STAR refinery and the Petkim petrochemical complex sit within the same coastal strip, which means contractors, shared utilities and shared jetties. On the Marmara, Tüpraş’s İzmit refinery at Körfez has an 11 million tonne capacity and a residue upgrading complex, and Petkim’s original plant is at Yarımca in Kocaeli. Dilovası, also in Kocaeli, houses the chemistry-specialised industrial zone known as GEBKİM. Inland, Kırıkkale takes crude through a 457 km pipeline from Ceyhan and Batman runs local crude. Each cluster has its own labour market and its own rhythm of stops.
The clusters differ, but the working pattern has common features. These four are the ones to test a handset against.
Planned shutdowns at neighbouring plants compete for the same contractor workforce. A handset managed through each operator’s own console can be issued, restricted and wiped as a crew moves from one gate to the next.
A refinery brings hydrogen (IIC), a cracker brings ethylene (IIB), and a polymer plant brings powder. The IS-04Z1’s II 2 G Ex ib IIC T4 gas target and Zone 21 dust design are meant to cover the sector with one device.
Under law 6331, the employer’s explosion protection document is written and kept in Turkish. A Turkish interface and documentation set are meant to make citing the marking string simple.
Aliağa and Körfez face salt air and summer heat, Kırıkkale and Batman face dust and inland winters. IP68 sealing and a published temperature range are the evidence a reviewer will ask for.
A supervisor at a refinery stop confirms isolations and blinds with a photograph tied to the permit, rather than at a permit office a long way from the unit.
An inspector whose job spans refinery and petrochemical plant carries one handset and one policy across both sides of a boundary.
A loading operator checks bay or berth details, photographs a seal and reaches the control room, all from the gantry.
Sites that hold large inventories come under a regulation on the prevention of major industrial accidents, which an update aligned with the EU’s Seveso III brought into Turkish legislation in 2019. It adds safety reporting for the site, so the equipment file can be read for more than one purpose.
Contractor firms move between sites on a shutdown calendar. A handset the operator can enrol, restrict and wipe means the same device and policy follow the crew.
See the pages on Tüpraş, SOCAR Türkiye and Petkim for site facts, and the Türkiye country page for the regulatory route.
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 Turkey. 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.
