An apparatus for determining a characteristic of a fluid flow within a
pipe is provided, wherein the apparatus includes a separating device for
separating the fluid into a gas component and a liquid component and
directing the gas component to flow within a gas leg portion of the pipe
and the liquid component to flow within a liquid portion of the pipe. The
apparatus includes a gas leg portion metering device for generating gas
component data and a liquid leg portion metering device for generating
liquid component data. Moreover, the apparatus includes a processing
device communicated with at least one of the gas leg portion metering
device and the liquid leg portion metering device, the processing device
being configured to receive and process at least one of the gas component
data and the liquid component data to generate fluid flow data responsive
to a fluid flow characteristic.