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TotalEnergies Suspends Middle East Production and Evacuates Staff as Strait of Hormuz Crisis Sends Oil Markets into Volatile Spike

French energy group TotalEnergies halted production in Qatar, Iraq and the United Arab Emirates and began emergency evacuation of more than 1,000 employees as a military blockade of the Strait of Hormuz triggered sharp disruption across global energy flows and pushed oil markets into extreme volatility.
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