Treatment of oil well production

Claim 1

A TREATING SYSTEM FOR OIL WELL PRODUCTION INCLUDING, A FIRST VESSEL IN WHICH PRODUCTION IS RECEIVED, A PLURALITY OF WEIRS MOUNTED IN THE FIRST VESSEL AND SO POSITIONED TO FLOW LIQUIDS OF THE PRODUCTION INTO PREDETERMINED PROPORTIONS, A SERIES OF SECOND VESSELS, EACH SECOND VESSEL CONNECTED TO THE FIRST VESSEL TO RECEIVE IN A FIRST COMPARTMENT LIQUIDS OF THE PRODUCTION FROM ONE OF THE WEIRS, MEANS MOUNTED IN EACH FIRST COMPARTMENT FOR HEATING THE LIQUIDS OF THE PRODUCTION RECEIVED FROM ONE OF THE WEIRS, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE LEVEL OF LIQUIDS IN ONE OF THE FIRST COMPARTMENTS, A SECOND COMPARTMENT IN EACH SECOND VESSEL CONNECTED TO THE FIRST COMPARTMENT OF EACH SECOND VESSEL TO RECEIVE THE HEATED LIQUIDS OF THE FIRST COMPARTMENT, A COALESCING STRUCTURE MOUNTED IN EACH SECOND COMPARTMENT FOR COALESCING WATER OF THE HEATED LIQUIDS, A FIRST MANIFOLD CONNECTED TO THE FIRST COMPARTMENTS SO AS TO REMOVE GAS FROM THE FIRST COMPARTMENT AT A COMMON PRESSURE, A SECOND MANIFOLD CONNECTED TO THE SECOND COMPARTMENTS SO AS TO REMOVE OIL FROM THE SECOND COMPARTMENT, A VALVE IN THE SECOND MANIFOLD CONDUIT WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE LEVEL OF LIQUIDS IN ONE OF THE FIRST COMPARTMENTS TO CONTROL THE OIL REMOVED FROM ALL THE SECOND COMPARTMENTS AND MAINTAIN THE LIQUID LEVEL OF THE ONE OF THE FIRST COMPARTMENTS WITHIN A PREDETERMILNED RANGE, A CONDUIT CONNECTED TO EACH FIRST COMPARTMENT FOR FLOW OF LIQUID BETWEEN THE FIRST COMPARTMENTS, AND A MEANS FOR DIRECTLY OBSERVING THE LEVEL OF LIQUID IN EACH OF THE FIRST COMPARTMENTS.