Regulations Specs & Testing

SAE International has published the latest update of SAE J300, the Engine Oil Viscosity Grade Classification System. Revised and re-issued on Jan. 20, ...

The next big date for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals initiative comes in June 2015 when new substance and mi ...

State Hits Bullseyes Wallet

February 11, 2015

Bullseye is the target of legal retribution again. This week, it was ordered by a Michigan circuit court to pay the $711,415 fine issued in 2013 for v ...

Vivo Energy, owner of Shells former downstream operations in Ghana, is striving to regain its license to operate there after losing it for failure to ...

Spectro Scientific announced yesterday that it has acquired fellow industrial fluids analysis and condition monitoring company, On-Site Analysis. Spec ...

Malaysia Upgrades Fuels

January 27, 2015

Malaysia has decided to mandate Euro 4 fuel standards by September 2015 and to progress to Euro 5 by 2020. Meanwhile, a requirement for fuels to conta ...

The United Kingdom Lubricants Associations program for verifying lubricant quality suspended the membership of Ferguson & Menzies last month afte ...

China Raises Lubes Tax Again

January 13, 2015

Chinas central government yesterday announced another round of tax increases for lubricants and other petroleum products - the third such increase in ...

Worldwide, more than 12,000 engine oil products are licensed to display the American Petroleum Institutes service mark, known as the donut, and/or the ...

FAJARDO, Puerto Rico – Continuing years of discourse with the U.S. Congress and Environmental Protection Agency, NORA said a more favorable stan ...

Industry observers say biolubricants are unlikely to take off in Asia unless governments provide incentives or mandates for their use. Malaysia appear ...

Full Plate for API

January 6, 2015

The association is busy renewing the licenses for 12,000 products and shepherding two critical category upgrades, all while battling a worrisome spike ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Significant New Rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act for alkanes C12-13, chloro, a short-chai ...

Three oil companies face a mid-July deadline to vacate the Pandacan oil depot in Manila, a major conduit for fuel and lubricants supply in the Philipp ...

Worldwide, more than 12,000 engine oil products are licensed to display the American Petroleum Institutes service mark, known as the donut, and the in ...

Labels Debated for PC-11 Oils

December 17, 2014

SAN DIEGO — Last week, the New Category Development Team took up the ticklish issue of how to label the coming diesel engine oil upgrade for con ...

In Chinas trucking industry it has long been common to use a single, standard lubricant for both transmissions and axles. Some say the practice no lon ...

N.J. Bans 19 Motor Oils

December 10, 2014

A New Jersey government agency issued a statewide ban Thursday on 19 motor oils, saying a state-contracted lab found each failed to conform to the vis ...

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International introduced the industrys first 0W-20 heavy-duty diesel engine oil in Italy last week after co-developing i ...

The Technical Association of the European Lubricants Industry, ATIEL, reminds engine oil marketers that the ACEA 2010 Sequence officially expires on D ...