Sincor plans 48-day closure starting Oct 1

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A/tagracia de Orituco-Venezuela's 200,000 b/d Sincor crude upgrading unit plans to shut for 48 days beginning Oct 1 to expand capacity,an official at its French partner,Total,said."We are planning a major overhaul on the upgrader that will increase our capacity by 14,000 b/d to 214,000 b/d," Philippe Armand,Total's vice president of E&P for the Americas,told reporters.