Regulations Specs & Testing

ILSAC GF-7, the next pair of industry performance specifications for engine oils used in conventional light-duty vehicles, has been sent to ballot by ...

The United States last week announced a sweeping new round of sanctions against Russia, covering a large number of companies including 10 Russian comp ...

After pushback from automakers and unions, the United States Environmental Protection Agency may propose slowing the pace of regulations that would re ...

How was API TR 1533 developed, and how is it helping the industry in its sustainability endeavors?

The United States last month gave regulators new authority to target domestic and international institutions involved in evading bans on exports to Ru ...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed a bill into law last month that, effective March 28, prohibits a state agency from adopting stricter California emiss ...

Will PTFE be banned in the coming years, and how might increasing regulation affect lubricant formulations? What did North American lubricant demand l ...

Want to license an engine oil? Certify a lubricating grease? Sell an approved outboard motor oil? Verify that your food-grade lubricant meets internat ...

People from many organizations must come together to advance lubricant specifications, ensuring that engines both old and new continue to be protected ...

The timeline below illustrates the sheer number of engine oil categories required to meet today’s demands compared to a half of a century ago. W ...

The European Council and European Parliament reached a provisional agreement Monday to not make major changes to passenger car engine emissions limits ...

Two Italian used oil recycling operators filed an antimonopoly petition against Conou, Italy’s National Consortium for Waste Oils Management, allegi ...

Will PTFE be banned in the coming years, and how might increasing regulation affect lubricant formulations? What did North American lubricant demand l ...

China’s government will prohibit the use of short-chain chlorinated paraffins beginning Jan. 1, aligning with numerous other countries that have out ...

A Germany-based leading testing service provider validated a methodology co-developed by the Union of the European Lubricant Industry and the Technica ...

How are new tests, tools and regulations driving oil analysis into a new era?

Could PTFE Be Banned?

December 4, 2023

Is PTFE on its way to being banned, and how might its potential regulation affect the lubricants industry?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has dropped a plan to invite public comments about rules regarding the collection and treatment of oily waste ...

The ability to use phenol, isopropylated phosphate as an ingredient in lubricants would end in five years under rule amendments proposed Monday by the ...

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