scope:

Coverage. This specification covers minimum requirements for material, design, fabrication, and testing of vertical emulsion treaters. Jurisdiction of this specification over external piping terminates at the first external flanged, threaded, or grooved type pipe connection. An emulsion treater is a direct-fired pressure vessel used in the oil producing industry for separating oil-water emulsions and gas, and for breaking or resolving emulsified well streams into water and salable clean oil components.

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