Petrobras has started up 7-SPH-04-SPS, the third production well of the Sapinhoá Pilot Project in the Santos basin presalt region. Water depth is 2,120 m (6,954 ft).

The well, which has an estimated production potential of 26,000 b/d, is connected to the FPSO Cidade de São Paulo through a buoyancy supported risers (BSR) system. It is the second well connected via the BSR gathering system following the start-up of well SPS-77A in February. FPSO Cidade de São Paulo, which started operating in January 2013, has the capacity to process up to 120,000 b/d of oil.

A fourth production well will be brought onstream early in the second half of this year, at which point the platform will reach its full output capacity. brings third well online at Sapinhoá offshore Brazil