Regulations Specs & Testing

The International Maritime Organizations marine pollution regulations will cut the global fuel sulfur cap for oceangoing vessels to 0.5 percent by wei ...

HOUSTON – Ford continues to progress in its development of a shorter test for valve train wear in heavy-duty diesel engines and expects to incor ...

South Korean government agencies will intensify their lubricants inspection program beginning next year.

Picture-perfect Analysis

December 19, 2017

Digital imaging helps antiwear additives and corrosion inhibitors get ready for their close-up and brings greater understanding to formulators.

HOUSTON – The semi-annual ASTM meetings here last week included discussions by several groups at the center of engine oil specification developm ...

Korea Eases Blending Laws

December 12, 2017

South Korea recently eased restrictions on the modification of petroleum products within customs zones of its ports. Producers can now blend lubricant ...

ARG Completes New Lab

December 6, 2017

American Refining Group completed construction on its new quality control lab in Pennsylvania, the company announced last week. The 6,400 square feet ...

ACCRA, Ghana – Stakeholders in the Nigerian lubricant market estimate it loses more than $200 million annually in potential sales revenue to cou ...

Indias central government enacted the Goods and Service Tax Act partly to facilitate cheaper goods for consumers. In the lubricants market, though, th ...

Beginning in June, Singapore will prohibit the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins in metalworking fluids and other products, according to the co ...

Missouri retailers were ordered to immediately stop selling John Deere 303 tractor hydraulic fluids after the states Department of Agriculture Weights ...

India will introduce stricter vehicle emissions standards in the Delhi metro area in April 2018 instead of in 2020.

Additives Confound the Count

November 16, 2017

Detecting particles in oil is crucial to prevent contamination and equipment failures. Additives, however, can muddle the results.

API SN Plus Advances

November 15, 2017

The American Petroleum Institutes Lubricants Group met in Detroit last week to discuss the new supplemental API SN PLUS engine oil category and when i ...

Lubricants in the majority of water resource facilities in South Korea pose threats to public safety and the environment, alleged the Liberty Korea Pa ...

The Technical Association of the European Lubricants Industry is expanding its program of monitoring engine oils certified as meeting ACEA specificati ...

The Union of the European Lubricant Industry last week presented its first of what will become annual reports on lubricant demand in the European Unio ...

Ukrainian lube maker Agrinol refuted government allegations made last week that the company supplied the Ukrainian army with poor quality oils. The co ...

Automotive

October 24, 2017

Steve Swedberg peers down the road at more ILSAC GF-6 delays.

Bharat VI: Indias New Normal

October 19, 2017

India's decision to leapfrog the application of stricter emissions standards has sent the automobile and lubricant industry into a spin. It also means ...