ExxonMobil mounts legal action over EU windfall tax on fossil fuel profits

US supermajor’s lawsuit challenges use of emergency powers to impose levy

Combative: ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods. — Combative: ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods.Photo: CREATIVEVENTIMAGES/UPSTREAM

Gareth Chetwynd

London

Published 29 December 2022, 10:46Updated 4 January 2023, 13:35

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