Heavy-duty Engine Oils

Lubes’n’Greases discussed the looming introduction of PC-12 with New Category Development Team Chairperson Karin Haumann.

Lubricant demand in nine major Association of Southeast Asia Nations countries is projected to grow by a compound annual rate of 2.1% to more than 3.5 ...

With electric cars becoming the focus for most vehicle manufacturers, can the lubricants industry continue to sustain the various engine oil approval ...

North American lubricant demand in 2021 almost recovered to pre-pandemic levels, driven by strong growth in the United States’ market. Despite infla ...

Although the writing is on the wall for internal combustion engines, lubricant formulators still have work to do meeting original equipment manufactur ...

The Indian lubricants market took a big hit during the pandemic. How has it bounced back, and how might it grow in the next few years?

ACEA’s new heavy-duty engine oil sequences have finally been released a year later than their light-duty counterparts. Why the delay? How do the new ...

A draft standard for lubricants for heavy-duty engines running on natural gas has cleared the project review stage and been formally accepted as a dev ...

After a pandemic-induced recession in 2020, lubricant demand in Poland rebounded last year as passenger cars returned to the road and motorists resume ...

Development of PC-12 is now well underway. Steve Swedberg outlines how the new category will likely differ from its predecessor.

Base Oil Report: Trends

March 1, 2022

Group II is the workhorse grade in the lubricants industry right now, but how firm is its position in the world of heavy-duty lubes?

As engine technology and emissions requirements in the marine sector continually shift, lubricants must keep pace. What kinds of lubricants are best f ...

Georgia imported 18,860 tons of motor oils in 2021, a 1.2% drop compared to the year before, and a trade organization said the country’s motorists a ...

The years-long process of writing the next heavy-duty diesel engine oil category began last week when the American Petroleum Institute’s Lubricants ...

As emissions limits and fuel economy targets become more stringent in markets around the globe, there has been an increased need for lower-viscosity h ...

Awareness of the advantages of low-viscosity heavy-duty engine oils can help to narrow the gap between what fleet owners and operators want and what o ...

Leveraging ultra-low ash lubricants’ benefits in diesel engines – extended diesel particulate filter maintenance intervals and enhanced fuel econo ...

Iranian regulators recently authorized a 41% hike in prices for gasoline and diesel automotive engine oils. The country’s Consumer and Producer Prot ...

The Chinese government announced on April 25 that the parts of its China VI emission standard applying to heavy diesel vehicles will be implemented na ...

FA-4 Gains Ground

March 4, 2021

Protecting the internal components of heavy-duty engines is about more than efficiency. High-quality engine oil is the lifeblood of the machine and wi ...