Regulations Specs & Testing

Stay Ready

Stay Ready

August 3, 2025

Monitoring lubricants, fuels and coolants in emergency generators helps keep them operating in times of critical need.

Policy Uncertainties Shift Buyers to Hybrids

Policy Uncertainties Shift Buyers to Hybrids

July 23, 2025

Rapidly evolving global regulatory policies are changing the electric vehicle landscape, and blenders must adapt and rem ...

Market Monitor

Market Monitor

July 9, 2025

When Verification of Lubricant Specifications was formed in 2013, there was clearly a lack of understanding in some area ...

Additive

ATIEL and UEIL Release Lube End of Life Guidance

June 11, 2025

ATIEL and UEIL released guidance on how greases and lubricants can be managed at the end of their functional lives.

ILSAC GF-7’s Arrival and a Look at the Tools Used to Deploy It

ILSAC GF-7’s Arrival and a Look at the Tools Used to Deploy It

June 5, 2025

ILSAC GF-7 is here. Steve Haffner outlines the tools used to deploy the new specification.

Lubricant and Filter Debris Analysis for Wind Turbines

Lubricant and Filter Debris Analysis for Wind Turbines

June 5, 2025

Al Yates examines how oil analysis and filter debris analysis are vital to wind turbine reliability programs.

Loopholes in EU Deforestation Law Threaten Esters Manufacturers

Loopholes in EU Deforestation Law Threaten Esters Manufacturers

May 28, 2025

Europe’s oleochemicals industry is urging lawmakers in Brussels to widen the scope of the European Union Deforestation ...

Mannol Brake Fluid Fails Second VLS Testing

Mannol Brake Fluid Fails Second VLS Testing

May 7, 2025

Mannol brake fluid fails second round of tests to ensure it meets life-saving performance claims.

API Is Not Alone

API Is Not Alone

April 30, 2025

Who are the major players in motor oil specification development right now, and how are they impacting the lubricants in ...

ATIEL Releases ACEA Compliance Tools

ATIEL Releases ACEA Compliance Tools

April 27, 2025

ATIEL launched two new resources designed to support lubricant marketers in aligning with ACEA oil sequences.

Lubrizol Gets China’s GB D1 Standard

Lubrizol Gets China’s GB D1 Standard

April 23, 2025

Lubrizol CV1150 heavy duty motor oil additive package meets China’s GB D1 specification for heavy duty engines.

Total Opens Lagos Lab, Departs Manilla

Total Opens Lagos Lab, Departs Manilla

March 19, 2025

TotalEnergies opened an oil condition monitoring laboratory and closed out operations in Manilla.

PC-12 Changes Are Coming

PC-12 Changes Are Coming

February 3, 2025

PC-12 is in the works. How may the new category differ from its predecessor?

Two New Substances on ECHA Concern List

Two New Substances on ECHA Concern List

January 29, 2025

Two substances used in the production of lubricants and greases were added to the European Chemicals Agency’s candidat ...

VLS Closes Certas TBN Claim Case

VLS Closes Certas TBN Claim Case

January 29, 2025

Certas Lubricant Solution was quick to withdraw a legacy automotive lubricant after a Verification of Lubrication Specif ...

EPA Calls Formaldehyde Health Risk

EPA Calls Formaldehyde Health Risk

January 8, 2025

The Unite States Environmental Protection Agency formally concluded last week that formaldehyde poses an unreasonable he ...

Field Services: A Strategic Solution to the Reliability Skills Gap

Field Services: A Strategic Solution to the Reliability Skills Gap

January 2, 2025

Eurofins TestOil explores how reliability field services can offer a smart solution to knowledge gaps left by mass retir ...