Maybe they once were, but those days are long gone, given the range of properties, even within API groups.

The Verification of Lubricant Specifications (VLS) tightened its guidance on lubricant marketing claims, escalating efforts to curb misleading product ...

Ammonia Engine Analysis by Nippon Yuka Nippon Yuka Kogyo Co., Ltd. is launching a new lubricating oil analysis service designed to monitor the cond ...

Testing and certification group Intertek Group plc is considering a potential separation of its lower-margin energy and infrastructure division, as pr ...

GM, the largest automaker in the United States by sales, has rejected the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association’s request for relief on De ...

Industry is plotting a quick turnaround for North America’s next heavy-duty diesel engine oil category. Steve Haffner lays out reasons why, along wi ...

Smith & Allan has withdrawn its Momentum C3 SWTL 5W-30 engine oil following an investigation by Verification of Lubricant Specifications into prod ...

The American Petroleum Institute activated Emergency Provisional Licensing for participants in its Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System, stat ...

The American Petroleum Institute has approved its new Proposed Category 12 (PC-12) specification for heavy-duty engine oils. The standard has now been ...

Russian energy company Lukoil entered a nonexclusive deal with United States-based equity firm Carlyle to sell Lukoil International GmbH, the unit tha ...

The next heavy-duty engine oil specification for North America is headed for the finish line, but a few final tasks remain.

Liz Cisneros, base oils technology manager at Motiva Enterprises, has been appointed chair of the American Petroleum Institute (API) Base Oil Intercha ...

ILSAC GF-8 engine oil development teams are continuing work on the next passenger car engine oil category for North America, with a target market intr ...

Are we close to the long-anticipated point where chemical safety laws and market expectations become incompatible at an accessible cost? Lubricant for ...

The Technical Association of the European Lubricants Industry (ATIEL) has issued an updated version of its engine oil Code of Practice that, for the f ...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Lubricants Group has agreed to move forward with balloting on three proposals tied to the next heavy-duty en ...

A new standard for assessing lubricants’ environmental footprint was registered under the International Environmental Product Declaration System, ma ...

Ex-New Jersey governor Chris Christie slammed President Donald Trump’s trade and foreign policies at ILMA

The Verification of Lubricant Specifications began an investigation and issued a warning regarding engine oils that claim to meet the Stellantis FPW 9 ...