BP green-lights Africa's deepest offshore LNG project

LONDON (Reuters) - BP and its partners have given the green light for the development of a large gas project off the coast of Mauritania and Senegal, a first for the two West African nations.The Greater Tortue Ahmeyim development, Africa's deepest at 2 kilometres below the sea's surface, will consist of a complex floating vessel with a plant to super-chill natural gas into liquid, BP said in a statement.This is the second major LNG project to get the go-ahead this year as energy companies bet..