Regulations Specs & Testing

EPA Proposes Phase-out for PIP (3:1)

EPA Proposes Phase-out for PIP (3:1)

November 22, 2023

The ability to use phenol, isopropylated phosphate as an ingredient in lubricants would end in five years under rule ame ...

EU Ready to Negotiate Euro 7 with Member States

EU Ready to Negotiate Euro 7 with Member States

November 21, 2023

The European Union Parliament this month adopted its negotiation position on Euro 7, the revamping of EU rules for type- ...

What Is the Future of PFAS?

What Is the Future of PFAS?

November 1, 2023

The ever-increasing regulation of PFAS could have significant consequences for metalworking fluids and other lubricants.

Mexico Restricts Base Oil Imports

Mexico Restricts Base Oil Imports

October 25, 2023

At least some lubricant manufacturers in Mexico were said to be scrambling with disruptions in base oil deliveries after ...

California Adopts CO2 Reporting Mandate

California Adopts CO2 Reporting Mandate

October 25, 2023

California Governor Gavin Newsom finally signed into law a first-in-nation bill that requires large U.S. corporations to ...

Legal Challenge to Minnesota Emissions Rule Falls

Legal Challenge to Minnesota Emissions Rule Falls

October 18, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court last week decided against reviewing a lawsuit first by the Minnesota Auto Dealers Association cha ...

ACEA Official: Engine Oil Specs for Years to Come

ACEA Official: Engine Oil Specs for Years to Come

October 17, 2023

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association will probably continue developing automotive engine oil specifications ...

Product Carbon Footprint Methodology Published

Product Carbon Footprint Methodology Published

October 17, 2023

After nine months of development, the Union of the European Lubricants Industry and the Technical Association of the Eur ...

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IFC Undertakes Third Global Spec

October 11, 2023

Three years since its founding, the International Fluids Consortium has begun working on its third engine oil specificat ...

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PdVSA Reopens Lube Blending Plant

October 4, 2023

Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. announced yesterday that it has reopened a finished lubricant blending plant at its Vassa Gu ...

Several EU Members Propose Looser Euro 7

Several EU Members Propose Looser Euro 7

October 3, 2023

European Union member states last week agreed to push the bloc’s executive arm to relax Euro 7 automobile emissions re ...

API Adopts SAE 0W-8 and SAE 0W-12

API Adopts SAE 0W-8 and SAE 0W-12

September 27, 2023

The American Petroleum Institute on Thursday adopted SAE 0W-8 and 0W-12 viscosity grades into service category API SP, e ...

Berryman Takes Helm at VLS

Berryman Takes Helm at VLS

September 26, 2023

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications announced Jacquie Berryman as its new chairperson, taking ...

Softer Chlorinated Paraffin Ban Advised for EU

Softer Chlorinated Paraffin Ban Advised for EU

September 19, 2023

A subcommittee of the European Chemicals Agency recommended recently that medium-chain chlorinated paraffins be phased o ...

ACEA Updates Light-Duty Oil Sequences for 2023

ACEA Updates Light-Duty Oil Sequences for 2023

September 19, 2023

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association on Sept. 12 announced it revised its ACEA Engine Oil Sequences for lig ...

JASO Motorcycle Oil Specification Gets a Facelift

JASO Motorcycle Oil Specification Gets a Facelift

September 6, 2023

An updated motorcycle oil specification is set to hit the market soon. What’s new, and how might the new standard affe ...

Castrol Launched Hybrid Performance Standard

Castrol Launched Hybrid Performance Standard

August 25, 2023

U.K. lubricant company Castrol launched its own hybrid engine oil performance standard called Hyspec. According to the c ...

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Kazakhstan Extends Ban on Lube Exports

August 4, 2023

The Kazakhstan government extended its ban on on-road exports of a variety of petroleum products including lubricants, a ...