Despite loud shouts of a transition to green energy, BP is currently poised to tap a new offshore gas resource off the west coast of Africa. Through just one project, this exploration could account for 1% of the total remaining global “carbon budget” to keep global temperature rises below 1.5 degrees Celsius. Despite this, BP is dogged in showing investors that it will not miss out on any oil-rally, even if it will be short-lived. According to an investigation by Unearthed, the British oil major has already started the construction of one fossil fuel project in the region, which is close to the maritime border between Senegal and Mauritania. If fully realized, developments in the region could produce around 40…