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QatarEnergy has chosen Italy's Eni and US major ConocoPhillips as its newest strategic partners in its North Field East Expansion (NFE), joining France's TotalEnergies on a growing roster of international players that will develop the LNG industry's largest project to date. For Eni, NFE will be the its first foray into Qatar's upstream sector, while ConocoPhillips and Qatar share a history dating back to 2003 when both signed a Heads of Agreement to launch construction of Qatargas 3. Today, ConocoPhillips holds 30% of the Qatargas 3 joint venture (JV), a project with facilities integrated with Qatargas 4 (30% Shell) to produce natural gas, petroleum gas, and gas condensate from the North Field. The project includes a 7.8 gross mpta LNG facility which shipped its first product in 2010, according to ConocoPhillips. Announcements of QatarEnergy's NFE partner picks and CEO-level signing ceremonies in Doha have come in rapid-fire succession since Qatar revealed TotalEnergies as its first partner on 12 June. Its choice of Eni followed on 19 June, with the latest, ConocoPhillips, coming on 20 June.