Fuel Regulations

Malaysia aims to fully switch to B20 diesel by the end of this year, according to a Reuters report, completing a transition that was originally schedu ...

Facing the Challenges

October 4, 2021

A perfect storm has been gathering in the lubricants industry for some time: There has been increasing pressure from governments to lower vehicle emis ...

The Year of the Ox

April 1, 2021

Asia’s Increasing Influence on the Global Lubes Market After a tumultuous year for lubricant markets around the globe, many uncertainties still l ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order last week requiring that all new passenger vehicles to be zero-emission by 2035. The mandate dr ...

Twenty-three United States states and the District of Columbia sued President Donald Trump’s administration at the end of last month over its decisi ...

IMO 2020 Approaches

November 27, 2019

With the IMO 2020 regulation on marine fuels scheduled to take effect in just over a month, vessel operators and ports are still preparing for complia ...

Seventy-two percent of vessels are projected to use very-low-sulfur fuel oil after the International Maritime Organizations IMO 2020 regulation goes i ...