BP has made its largest oil and gas discovery in 25 years offshore Brazil, it said on Monday, in a potential big boost for the British company following its strategic shift away from renewable energy to refocus on fossil fuels.

Energy giant BP says it has made its largest oil and gas discovery this century as it shifts its focus away from renewable energy and back to fossil fuels.

British oil and gas giant BP on Monday announced that it has made its biggest oil and gas discovery in more than two decades thanks to a drilling operation off the coast of Brazil.