The Globe and Mail Reuters Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Joel Angel Juarez/The New York Times News Service The U.S Securities and Exchange Commission has launched an investigation into Exxon Mobil Corp. after a whistle-blower complaint that the oil major overvalued a key asset in Texas’ Permian Basin, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Exxon chief executive Darren Woods has pinned much of the company’s growth prospects on the Permian Basin in Texas and New Mexico, and two years ago pitted the company against rival Chevron Corp in a race to reach one million barrels of oil and gas a day in the field. The Exxon target grabbed the spotlight on the day Chevron was meeting with investors and analysts to make its own Permian case.