Regulations Specs & Testing

Eurasian Union Updates Technical Regulation

Eurasian Union Updates Technical Regulation

August 1, 2023

The Eurasian Economic Union of former Soviet republics updated its technical regulation for lubricants, oils and special ...

Educating on Turbine Oil Microbial Contamination

Educating on Turbine Oil Microbial Contamination

July 26, 2023

A new ASTM international standard provides explanations of microbial contamination and biodeterioration and suggests met ...

EU Takes Input on Chlorinated Paraffin Proposal

EU Takes Input on Chlorinated Paraffin Proposal

July 11, 2023

Aug. 14 is the deadline for comments on a European Chemicals Agency draft opinion on a proposal to restrict medium-chain ...

JASO Revises Motorcycle Oil Spec

JASO Revises Motorcycle Oil Spec

July 7, 2023

The Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers has updated its JASO T 903 performance specification for four-stroke motorc ...

VLS Gets Action on Non-compliant Gear Oils

VLS Gets Action on Non-compliant Gear Oils

June 27, 2023

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications announced the resolution of three cases in which it identi ...

API Calls for Standardized EV Fluids 

API Calls for Standardized EV Fluids 

June 23, 2023

The American Petroleum Institute, the United States-based hydrocarbons industry standards association, said there is an ...

Upholding Lubricant Standards

Upholding Lubricant Standards

June 14, 2023

One United Kingdom-based organization is doing its part to ensure that lubricant standards are met or exceeded.

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U.S. Proposes Tighter Regulation of PFAS

June 14, 2023

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed chemical safety regulation amendments that would tighten ...

Luberef Boosting Yanbu Output

Luberef Boosting Yanbu Output

June 13, 2023

Luberef has contracted to increase the amount of feedstock supplied to its base oil plant in Yanbu’al Bahr, Saudi Arab ...

An Insider’s Perspective on PC-12

An Insider’s Perspective on PC-12

May 26, 2023

Lubes’n’Greases discussed the looming introduction of PC-12 with New Category Development Team Chairperson Karin Hau ...

Police in Brazilian State Seize Engine Oil

Police in Brazilian State Seize Engine Oil

May 24, 2023

Police in the Brazilian state of Goias, in a joint operation with government agencies, on May 22 seized more than 4,000 ...

What to Do When a Test Fails

What to Do When a Test Fails

May 1, 2023

How do regulatory bodies ensure the continuity of licensing when an engine or bench test fails?

Mercedes Benz Amends Oil Change Advisory

Mercedes Benz Amends Oil Change Advisory

April 25, 2023

The Union of the European Lubricants Industry announced this month that it helped resolve a complaint about Mercedes Ben ...

California Can Set Own Truck Emissions Rules

California Can Set Own Truck Emissions Rules

April 19, 2023

The United States Environmental Protection Agency granted California authority recently to begin requiring increasing pe ...

EPA Proposes Tighter Emissions Standards

EPA Proposes Tighter Emissions Standards

April 12, 2023

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency today proposed new, more stringent federal emissions standards for light-, mediu ...

A New Crystal Ball for Grease

A New Crystal Ball for Grease

April 3, 2023

Grease manufacturers and end users are closer to having another simple manual device to quickly inspect samples of lubri ...

Eneos Calculates Product Carbon Footprints

Eneos Calculates Product Carbon Footprints

March 24, 2023

Eneos joined with environmental consultancy Wastebox and IT specialists NTT Data to work out how to calculate the carbon ...

Lubes’n’Greases March Issue Available

Lubes’n’Greases March Issue Available

March 15, 2023

The March issue delves into the buzz-worthy introduction of ILSAC GF-7. Find out when it will make its debut and how it ...