The American Petroleum Institute on Thursday adopted SAE 0W-8 and 0W-12 viscosity grades into service category API SP, extending the bottom range of p ...

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications announced Jacquie Berryman as its new chairperson, taking over from Mike Bewsey, who has ...

A subcommittee of the European Chemicals Agency recommended recently that medium-chain chlorinated paraffins be phased out of use in metalworking flui ...

The European Automobile Manufacturers Association on Sept. 12 announced it revised its ACEA Engine Oil Sequences for light-duty engines this year to a ...

An updated motorcycle oil specification is set to hit the market soon. What’s new, and how might the new standard affect lubricant marketers?

U.K. lubricant company Castrol launched its own hybrid engine oil performance standard called Hyspec. According to the company, it is a first-of-a-kin ...

The Kazakhstan government extended its ban on on-road exports of a variety of petroleum products including lubricants, according to an order published ...

The Eurasian Economic Union of former Soviet republics updated its technical regulation for lubricants, oils and special fluids, the organization’s ...

A new ASTM international standard provides explanations of microbial contamination and biodeterioration and suggests methods to detect and control suc ...

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 ...