Regulations

The European Union introduced a new set of sanctions against Russia last week that restricts Russian oil and petroleum products – including base oil ...

The breakneck speed at which new regulations are being implemented in Europe may create drastic disruptions that the lubricant additives industry must ...

The emerging era of new ship engine designs and the mosaic of interim and future fuels that are part of shipping’s transition towards decarbonizatio ...

New EPA Risk Regs Add Red Tape

September 14, 2022

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed changes to its Risk Management Program that put more emphasis on climate change and power-loss r ...

China aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, which will likely offer opportunities for metallocene polyalphaolefin as a base stock in lubricants for ...

The California Air Resources Board last month approved a rule that establishes a roadmap to end the sale of new internal combustion engine cars and li ...

Find out how a new international vegan certification might affect food-grade lubricants.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and an Indiana state government agency have reached a settlement with Metalworking Lubricants Co. for alleged ...

Australia’s new government administration introduced a bill last week that would for the first time enshrine into law its goals for cutting greenhou ...

Pump Up the Policy

August 1, 2022

Lawmakers, regulators and standards agencies around the world are driving the transition to a low-carbon economy through a raft of policy initiatives. ...

The CEO of Chevron Lubricants Lanka recently criticized the government’s management of the lube industry, questioning the logic of allowing more sup ...

A Kentucky town is still dealing with the fallout over a spill of “forever chemicals” three years after it was first self-reported by Shamrock Tec ...

New engine oil performance categories mean renewed attention to the testing protocols that accompany them. Discover how one company is making sure tha ...

The global share of electric vehicles in new vehicle sales could increase to 25%-30% in 2030 and as high as 90% in 2050 under scenarios in which gover ...

Lubricant producer Champion Brands LLC was slapped with a $130,243 fee by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for failing to release annual ...

Vietnam plans to reduce its environmental protection tax for greases, lubricants and other oil products, effective April 1 to Dec. 31 this year, accor ...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency unveiled on Monday proposals to implement more stringent nitrous oxide emissions limits on heavy-dut ...

Maritime emissions regulations introduced in 2020 caused ship operators to transition to cylinder oils with lower base numbers of 40 and led a market- ...

Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission sanctioned Tianhe Chemicals Group Ltd. and its executive director this week, finding them culpable for ...

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 ...