Steve Swedberg gets to the bottom of an uptick in automotive oil consumption lawsuits.

Tanzanias government introduced a 10 percent per gallon duty on base oils imported into Tanzania, with an additional 1.5 percent railway levy duty. Th ...

The Russian government further lowered its lubricant export tax, due to low average crude oil prices on international markets in July and August. The ...

The Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers has adopted a valve train wear test for diesel engine oils that ends reliance on a test motor no longer i ...

Two competitors have filed objections to Z Energys planned takeover of Chevron New Zealand, which sells Caltex branded fuels and lubricants.

Is it possible to meet demanding metalworking requirements without using boron, formaldehyde, DCHA or phosphorus? Recent research from Angus Chemical ...

Safety-Kleen will pay the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a $90,000 penalty to resolve violations of federal oil pollution prevention regulations ...

Manila officials toured the Pandacan depot recently to check the progress of three oil firms under a Philippines Supreme Court order to vacate it.

Ukrainian authorities thwarted an organized group in the Rivne Oblast that had allegedly been making and selling fake motor oils under the labels of p ...

A Nigerian union of tanker drivers recently raised charges for transportation of base oils, causing a tiff between drivers and lubricant blenders. Unt ...

Royal Dutch Shell said it has not yet left the Pandacan Oil Depot in Manila, despite the passing of a deadline set by local government.

The increased use of biodiesel has exacerbated the effect of fuel dilution of the lubricant. Fuel dilution can increase oxidation, reduce viscosity, c ...

The deadline for GHS conversion in the United States and Europe has passed, but some companies have not made the transition yet. If youre in this posi ...

A Montana distributors attorney said his client denies all accusations in a lawsuit recently settled with Chevron, which had claimed the company sold ...

The United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) is sure to bring vital benefits to the lubricants indu ...

Barring unforeseen setbacks, the American Petroleum Institutes new heavy-duty engine oil categories, known as PC-11A and PC-11B, are back on track to ...

Californias bid to compel longer engine oil drain intervals failed, but it churned up a lot of questions in its wake, finds Steve Swedberg.

Do you know the difference between H1, H2, H3, 3H and other food-industry lubricants? A new position paper from Europe's grease association aims to he ...

Jack Goodhue ponders what red tape and overwrought regulations are actually costing businesses.

A Montana distributor settled a lawsuit in which Chevron claimed the company sold Chevron products without authorization and under counterfeit tradema ...