(Reuters) -Australia’s competitors watchdog mentioned on Tuesday it has taken Exxon Mobil (NYSE:)’s native model affiliate to court docket, claiming it misled prospects about gasoline offered at six of its branded petrol stations in Queensland.
Mobil is a petroleum model owned and operated by American oil and fuel company Exxon Mobil.
The Australian Competitors and Shopper Fee (ACCC) alleges that Mobil falsely represented that its “Mobil Synergy” contained sure components, when it didn’t.
“Shoppers haven’t any method of verifying the claims made in regards to the gasoline they put into their tank and depend on the accuracy of claims made by the gasoline provider,” the ACCC Commissioner Liza Carver mentioned.
The agency additional incorrectly claimed that the gasoline offered at these petrol stations had a unique high quality or composition in comparison with gasoline at its different websites, and contained sure further advantages, the ACCC added.
“This conduct, which is remoted to 6 websites representing lower than 1% of the complete Mobil-branded community, occurred because of quite a lot of operational difficulties, together with unanticipated delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated provide points, in addition to the distant location of the websites concerned,” a Mobil spokesperson advised Reuters.
Exxon Mobil Australia, in an e-mail to Reuters, mentioned it had accepted the ACCC proceedings and has co-operated totally with the regulator throughout its investigation.
The agency mentioned it’s taking steps to make sure it doesn’t have interaction in related conduct going ahead.
