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SECTION 1

SCOPE

1.1 Coverage. This specification covers minimum requirements for the design, fabrication, and shop testing of oilfield type oil and gas separators and/or oil-gas-water separators used in the production of oil and/or gas, and usually located but not limited to 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. Unless otherwise agreed upon between the purchaser and the manufacturer, the jurisdiction of this specification terminates with the pressure vessel as defined in the Scope of Section VIII, Division 1 of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, hereinafter referred to as the ASME Code. Pressure vessels covered by this specification are normally classified as natural resource vessels by API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Code. Separators outside the scope of this specification include centrifugal separators, filter separators, and desanding separators.

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