ATEX Certified Explosion-Proof Mobile Phones for Kazakhstan’s Oil & Gas Mega-Field Sector

Kazakhstan is the Caspian region’s largest hydrocarbon producer, with operations centred on three super-giant fields — Tengiz (operated by Tengizchevroil, a JV of Chevron, ExxonMobil, KazMunayGas, and Lukoil), Kashagan (North Caspian Operating Company / NCOC, the world’s largest offshore project at the time of sanction), and Karachaganak (a gas-condensate field operated by Eni, Shell, Chevron, Lukoil, and KazMunayGas). KazMunayGas operates as the integrated state oil company.

Equipment used in Kazakhstani hazardous areas must comply with TR CU 012/2011 (the Eurasian Customs Union explosive-atmospheres regulation, identical framework to Russia), ATEX 2014/34/EU, IECEx scheme certification, and GOST IEC 60079-series standards. Komtekhnadzor / the Industrial Safety Committee under the Ministry of Emergency Situations audits Ex-rated equipment use at oil & gas, petrochemical, and mining facilities.

Major hazardous-zone sites include the Tengiz Future Growth Project (FGP/WPMP, completed 2024, expanding capacity to 1 million bpd), the Karachaganak Phase 3 expansion, Kashagan’s Bolashak onshore plant and offshore D-Islands, the Atyrau Refinery, Pavlodar Refinery, Shymkent Refinery, and the new Atyrau petrochemical complex (KPI / KazAzot / KPC). EPC contractors require certified intrinsically safe phones for Zone 1 / Zone 21 turnaround campaigns.

Kazakhstan’s onshore Caspian and downstream infrastructure — the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal at Yuzhnaya Ozereyevka, the Atyrau-Samara pipeline, and the planned Trans-Caspian sub-sea pipeline — require ATEX-compliant communication tools across compressor stations and tank-storage terminals. Petrochemical operators (PetroKazakhstan, KazAzot) extend the hazardous-zone footprint further.