The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entered into consent orders that allow three companies to manufacture and import a wide range of chlorinated ...

Thailand will exempt most process oil-derived products from excise taxes later this year, according to government officials, but lube blenders will co ...

New Mexicos attorney general filed a lawsuit against Dolgencorp LLC, owner of Dollar General, alleging the discount retail store chain engaged in unfa ...

Moscow police raided a business last week to shut down production and online sale of allegedly counterfeit motor oils. The economic security and antic ...

South Korean police arrested a chemical products distribution trio that allegedly sold the military fake specialty lubricants thought to have caused m ...

The New Jersey Assemblys consumer protection committee approved a bill last week that would require new car purchases to come with a summary of the Ma ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The crisis that arose this month between Qatar and several of its neighbors is fueling unease over base oil suppli ...

India will become a common market after it implements its Goods and Services Tax system in July, and lubricant suppliers anticipate a complex transiti ...

A competition regulator imposed a penalty of 870 million rupees (U.S. $13.5 million) on South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co.s Indian unit for anti ...

BP Lubricants USA and Pennsylvania used-car dealer CarSense face a class action alleging that their requirement to use Castrol brand products for engi ...

Tianhe Chemicals Group said Thursday that Hong Kongs securities regulator ordered a halt in the trading of the Chinese lube additive suppliers shares ...

At the environmentally sensitive oil-to-water interface, stern tube lubricants must adhere to strict standards. New oils and hardware are vying for th ...

Current and future legislation is forcing original equipment manufacturers to find ways to improve fuel economy and reduce carbon dioxide emissions ac ...

A Canadian proposal to lower application rates for a formaldehyde-free biocide based on a mixture known as CMIT/MIT has drawn opposition over concerns ...

A newly published reanalysis of a 2010 study widely used to assess the hazards of formaldehyde found no link between exposure to the chemical and leuk ...

ATIEL, the European lubricant industrys technical association, released a new compliance policy to support lubricant marketers that make valid perform ...

The Standards Organization of Nigeria arrested a lubricant counterfeiting syndicate in a town near the countrys capital city of Abuja, an agency spoke ...

A California agency is working to adopt regulatory language on a law prohibiting the sale of any engine oil deemed obsolete by the American Petroleum ...

White mineral oils in consumer products face numerous regulations. Dont natural oils deserve the same oversight?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will reconsider its use of Toxic Substances Control Act Section 5 to review medium- and long-chain chlorinate ...