Regulations

Legal Challenge to Minnesota Emissions Rule Falls

Legal Challenge to Minnesota Emissions Rule Falls

Lube Report Americas - October 18, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court last week decided against reviewing a lawsuit first by the Minnesota Auto Dealers Association cha ...

Product Carbon Footprint Methodology Published

Product Carbon Footprint Methodology Published

Lube Report EMEA - October 17, 2023

After nine months of development, the Union of the European Lubricants Industry and the Technical Association of the Eur ...

Several EU Members Propose Looser Euro 7

Several EU Members Propose Looser Euro 7

Lube Report EMEA - October 3, 2023

European Union member states last week agreed to push the bloc’s executive arm to relax Euro 7 automobile emissions re ...

Berryman Takes Helm at VLS

Berryman Takes Helm at VLS

Lube Report EMEA - September 26, 2023

United Kingdom-based Verification of Lubricant Specifications announced Jacquie Berryman as its new chairperson, taking ...

Softer Chlorinated Paraffin Ban Advised for EU

Softer Chlorinated Paraffin Ban Advised for EU

Lube Report EMEA - September 19, 2023

A subcommittee of the European Chemicals Agency recommended recently that medium-chain chlorinated paraffins be phased o ...

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Kazakhstan Extends Ban on Lube Exports

Lube Report Asia - August 4, 2023

The Kazakhstan government extended its ban on on-road exports of a variety of petroleum products including lubricants, a ...

Educating on Turbine Oil Microbial Contamination

Educating on Turbine Oil Microbial Contamination

Lube Report Americas - 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

Lube Report EMEA - July 11, 2023

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

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U.S. Proposes Tighter Regulation of PFAS

Lube Report Americas - 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

Lube Report EMEA - June 13, 2023

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

Police in Brazilian State Seize Engine Oil

Police in Brazilian State Seize Engine Oil

Lube Report Americas - 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 ...

California Can Set Own Truck Emissions Rules

California Can Set Own Truck Emissions Rules

Lube Report Americas - 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

Lube Report Americas - April 12, 2023

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

Eneos Calculates Product Carbon Footprints

Eneos Calculates Product Carbon Footprints

Lube Report Asia - March 24, 2023

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

Ban on Russian Base Oils Begins; No Price Cap

Ban on Russian Base Oils Begins; No Price Cap

Lube Report EMEA - February 7, 2023

A fuller ban on Russian oil imports to the European Union took effect on schedule last weekend, but the bloc and allies ...

New Price Caps Planned for Russian Products

New Price Caps Planned for Russian Products

Lube Report EMEA - January 24, 2023

A coalition of the G-7 group of leading industrial nations, Australia and the European Union agreed Friday to introduce ...

Sri Lanka to Allow More Lube Suppliers

Sri Lanka to Allow More Lube Suppliers

Lube Report Asia - January 13, 2023

Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers approved last week a proposal to allow additional suppliers to enter the country’s ...

EPA Tightens Heavy-duty Emissions Caps

EPA Tightens Heavy-duty Emissions Caps

Lube Report Americas - December 28, 2022

United States President Joe Biden’s administration published a final rule last week tightening caps on heavy-duty truc ...