Regulations Specs & Testing

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

The Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers has updated its JASO T 903 performance specification for four-stroke motorcycle engine oils, incorporatin ...

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications announced the resolution of three cases in which it identified gear oils that failed to ...

The American Petroleum Institute, the United States-based hydrocarbons industry standards association, said there is an urgent need for standardized e ...

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

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed chemical safety regulation amendments that would tighten control over introduction of n ...

Luberef has contracted to increase the amount of feedstock supplied to its base oil plant in Yanbu’al Bahr, Saudi Arabia – a change that will boos ...

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

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

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

The Union of the European Lubricants Industry announced this month that it helped resolve a complaint about Mercedes Benz saying that customers were r ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency granted California authority recently to begin requiring increasing percentages of medium- and heavy ...

The U.S Environmental Protection Agency today proposed new, more stringent federal emissions standards for light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for ...

Grease manufacturers and end users are closer to having another simple manual device to quickly inspect samples of lubricating greases and forecast at ...

Eneos joined with environmental consultancy Wastebox and IT specialists NTT Data to work out how to calculate the carbon footprint for its products, i ...

The March issue delves into the buzz-worthy introduction of ILSAC GF-7. Find out when it will make its debut and how it will differ from GF-6. Plus, d ...

The March issue delves into the buzz-worthy introduction of ILSAC GF-7. Find out when it will make its debut and how it will differ from GF-6. Plus, d ...

The March issue delves into the buzz-worthy introduction of ILSAC GF-7. Find out when it will make its debut and how it will differ from GF-6. Plus, d ...

The American Petroleum Institute announced that an engine sequence test included in most active North American passenger car motor oil specifications ...

When will ILSAC GF-7 make its debut, and what updates might it include? Steve Haffner weighs in.