Shell concerned as France moves on French Guiana

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London—Shell has expressed its concernover a surprise decision by the French govern-ment to overhaul existing exploration permitsoff French Guiana to make room for stateparticipation in the region’s emerging offshoreoil wealth.France’s environment ministry said June14 it wants to restore “national sovereignty”over the oil resources offshore French Guianaand revise the current permits regulatingexploration off its overseas department offSouth America.