BP's announcement on Monday of its largest global oil and gas discovery in 25 years in Brazil's offshore Santos basin bodes well for Equinor's nearby interests and strong appetite for an October auction of oil blocks in the region.

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

The BBC reported BP with its pivot hopes to increase production to between 2.3 million and 2.5 million barrels of oil per day by 2030. The Brazil find also comes at the same time BP announced that it started its Argos Southwest Expansion in the Gulf of Mexico. With Argos, BP is adding 20,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.