The North Dakota Industrial Commission has adopted new conditioning standards to improve the safety of Bakken crude oil for transport. Order No. 25417 sets operating standards for conditioning equipment to properly separate production fluids into gas and liquid. The order includes parameters for temperatures and pressures under which the equipment must operate to ensure that light hydrocarbons are removed before oil is shipped to market. The three-member commission approved Commission Order 25417 after receiving additional comments on the working draft which the Commission discussed on November 13, 2014. The new standard — Commission Order No. 25417 — requires operators to condition Bakken crude oil to a vapor pressure of no more than 13.7 pounds per square inch (psi).