TotalEnergies has become QatarEnergy's first foreign partner in the development of the North Field, which accounts for 10% of the world's known natural gas reserves. The French oil and gas company will get 6.25% in the North Field East LNG project. Other foreign partners will soon appear in the $28 billion project, Qatar Energy Minister Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said. The project is expected to boost Qatari LNG production by 64% to 126 million tons by 2027.