The British oil giant continues to expand its presence in natural gas announcing Friday three different deals which will provide the company with natural gas resources. Two of the deals are based off islands on the northern coast of South America.

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The first is the announcement of the success of the Savannah and Macadamia exploratory wells off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. These two wells are believed to have discovered about 2 trillion feet of natural gas. The Savannah well lies approximately 50 miles off the south-east coast of Trinidad and was drilled into an untested fault block at a depth of about 500 feet. The Macadamia well was drilled to depths of 600 feet to test segments below the existing SEQB discovery and sits about 6 miles south of the existing Cashima field.

The second, is BP’s offshore Angelin project, taking place off the southeast coast of Trinidad. The project allows for the development of four wells expected to produce about 600 million cubic feet of natural gas per day. Gas from the project will flow through a new 15 mile pipeline to the Serrette platform hub. Drilling is expected to begin in Q3 of 2018 and production is expected to come online in Q1 of 2019.

Finally BP has signed an agreement on strategic cooperation with the Russian company Rosneft to assit with the sale and purchase of natural gas for Europe. The two companies agreed to work together to develop integrated cooperation in gas and aim to jointly implement gas projects in Russia and abroad. The aim of the two companies working together is to provide natural gas to European markets starting in 2019.

These projects are all part of a larger effort BP is making to transition from being a company dominated by oil production and distribution to becoming an energy giant providing multiple forms of fuel.