The gas discovery offshore Senegal adds to a crude oil discovery off the Senegalese coast made earlier this year by Australian exploration company FAR, which said that it had discovered more than 1.5 billion barrels of crude as a result of a 3D seismic study. At the end of last year, BP said that it has signed agreements with Kosmos Energy to acquire a 62-percent working interest, including operatorship, of Kosmos' exploration blocks in Mauritania and a 32.49-percent effective working interest in Kosmos' Senegal exploration blocks. Back then, BP said it would invest nearly US$1 billion, mostly in the form of a multi-year exploration and development carry to buy offshore Blocks C-6, C-8, C-12 and C-13 in Mauritania and an effective interest in the Saint-Louis Profond and Cayar Profond blocks in Senegal. Related: Saudi Oil Minister: OPEC Output Cut Could Extend Into 2018