ATEX & INMETRO Certified Explosion-Proof Phones for Brazil’s Oil, Gas & Petrochemical Industry

Brazil is the largest oil & gas producer in South America, anchored by the world-class pre-salt province in the Santos and Campos Basins offshore Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Petrobras leads upstream operations alongside Shell Brasil, TotalEnergies, Equinor, Repsol Sinopec, Karoon, PetroRio (3R Petroleum), CNOOC, and Galp. The country’s deepwater FPSOs — from Búzios, Túpi (Lula), Mero, SépiaSapinhoá, Atapu, P-66, P-71, P-77, P-78 and beyond — operate extensive Zone 1 / Zone 21 classified hazardous areas.

Equipment used in Brazil’s explosive atmospheres must comply with INMETRO Ex certification under Portaria INMETRO no. 179/2010, harmonised with and ATEX. The conformity assessment is managed through OCPs (Organismos de Certificação de Produto) and aligned with the ABNT NBR IEC 60079 series. Workplace safety in classified areas falls under Norma Regulamentadora NR-10 (electrical) and NR-20 (flammable / combustible liquids and gases), enforced by the Ministry of Labour.

Petrobras refineries — REPLAN (Paulínia), REDUC (Duque de Caxias), REVAP (São José dos Campos), REPAR (Araucaria), RNEST (Suape), REGAP (Betim), REFAP (Canoas), and Lubnor (Fortaleza) — operate Zone 1 / Zone 21 process units. Biofuel ethanol plants and Braskem / Unipar petrochemical complexes similarly require ATEX / INMETRO Ex compliant equipment.

Pre-salt FPSO operators run hazardous-area communications across 220+ producing platforms. EPC contractors (Modsém, Saipem, Subsea7, Modec, SBM Offshore, Yinson, BW Offshore) and onshore turnaround crews require certified intrinsically safe mobile devices for offshore crew rotations, P&G inspections, and shutdown campaigns across Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, Salvador, Aracaju, and Niterói.