scope:

Coverage. This specification covers minimum requirements for the design, fabrication and plant testing of oilfield type oil and gas separators and/or and /or gas, and usually located at some point on the producing flowline between the wellhead and pipeline Separators covered by this specification may be vertical, spherical, or single or double barrel horizontal.

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