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Mexico Restricts Base Oil Imports

October 25, 2023

At least some lubricant manufacturers in Mexico were said to be scrambling with disruptions in base oil deliveries after ...

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California Adopts CO2 Reporting Mandate

October 25, 2023

California Governor Gavin Newsom finally signed into law a first-in-nation bill that requires large U.S. corporations to ...

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Legal Challenge to Minnesota Emissions Rule Falls

October 18, 2023

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

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Product Carbon Footprint Methodology Published

October 17, 2023

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

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Several EU Members Propose Looser Euro 7

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

September 26, 2023

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

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Softer Chlorinated Paraffin Ban Advised for EU

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

August 4, 2023

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

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Educating on Turbine Oil Microbial Contamination

July 26, 2023

A new ASTM international standard provides explanations of microbial contamination and biodeterioration and suggests met ...

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EU Takes Input on Chlorinated Paraffin Proposal

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

June 14, 2023

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has proposed chemical safety regulation amendments that would tighten ...

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Luberef Boosting Yanbu Output

June 13, 2023

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

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Police in Brazilian State Seize Engine Oil

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 ...

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California Can Set Own Truck Emissions Rules

April 19, 2023

The United States Environmental Protection Agency granted California authority recently to begin requiring increasing pe ...

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EPA Proposes Tighter Emissions Standards

April 12, 2023

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

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Eneos Calculates Product Carbon Footprints

March 24, 2023

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

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Ban on Russian Base Oils Begins; No Price Cap

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 ...

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New Price Caps Planned for Russian Products

January 24, 2023

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