Regulations Specs & Testing

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 ...

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 ...