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Qatar's Minister of State for Energy Affairs and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad Sherida al-Kaabi (R) and French energy group TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanne attend a signing ceremony at the QatarEnergy headquarters in Doha on June 12, 2022. The French major will have a 6.25 percent share of the giant project North Field East project that will help Qatar increase its LNG production by more than 60 percent by 2027, Getty Images photo