PARIS, March 12 (Reuters) - Exxon Mobil ( XOM )
fulfilled from existing stock all its delivery contracts from
its refinery in Port Jerome-Gravenchon in northern France since
it was hit by a major fire on Monday, a spokesperson for the
company said.
The refinery's staff were working to assess the damage to
one of two distillation towers of the oil refinery to see if and
when it would be able to operate again after an emergency at the
refinery was called off early on Tuesday, the spokesperson said.
She could not specify how long the refinery would be able to
honour all delivery contracts from existing stocks with the
tower shut down.
The refinery, located in Normandy near the estuary of the
Seine river, has two distillery towers and a capacity of 240,000
barrels per day (bpd), making it amongst the biggest in France.
It supplies the Ile-de-France region around Paris.
One person out of the five who received medical treatment
was still in observation in a local hospital, the spokesperson
said.
(Reporting by Forrest Crellin and Inti Landauro; Editing by
Emelia Sithole-Matarise)