With testing for existing engine oil specifications becoming tenuous, the API Auto Oil Advisory Panel expressed concern recently that introduction of ...

Indonesia is writing a national standard for lubricants and plans to implement it in the near future, according to a member of the Association of Lubr ...

China, North America and Europe were the top grease manufacturers in 2015, representing 71 percent of worldwide production, according to results from ...

Technical Bulletin 1, issued by Kevin Ferrick, APIs senior manager for engine oil licensing, addresses the adoption of new diesel engine oil service c ...

The American Petroleum Institute announced last week the introduction of a trademarked special service symbol to help consumers identify the recently ...

The processes and committees used to develop engine oil specifications are complex, slow and unbalanced, Lubrizol senior vice president and president ...

The Eurasian Interstate Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification recently introduced a new standard for heavy-duty motor oils that wil ...

The American Petroleum Institute is temporarily granting provisional licenses for the ILSAC GF-5 and API SN, SM, SL and SJ passenger car engine oil ca ...

The American Petroleum Institute invoked provisional licensing for passenger car engine oil categories ILSAC GF-5 and API SN, SM, SL and SJ, after the ...

STUTTGART, Germany – Some light-duty automakers and motor oil formulators say the industry may be approaching an unusual bind, with licensing fo ...

Engine oil marketers in the Asia-Pacific region are making changes to inventories in response to the American Petroleum Institutes decision to cease l ...

The American Petroleum Institute will discontinue licensing the use of the Energy Conserving designation with its API SL and API SM gasoline engine oi ...

APIs newly adopted twin heavy-duty diesel engine oil categories are unlikely to receive broad early use in developing Asian countries due to issues of ...

At last weeks meeting of the American Petroleum Institutes Lubricants Group in San Antonio, Texas, ballot results were announced for official adoption ...

Engine oil marketers hoping to license new products with the American Petroleum Institute or General Motors proprietary Dexos program are hitting a st ...

The American Petroleum Institute increased its fees for Engine Oil Licensing and Certification last month, to offset costs related to the upcoming int ...

The American Petroleum Institute increased fees for its engine oil licensing system last month to offset implementation costs for its forthcoming cate ...

With PC-11 heavy-duty engine oils advancing towards a launch next Dec. 1, lubricant marketers are focusing on the hard questions: How to demonstrate t ...

PC-11, the next heavy-duty engine oil category from the American Petroleum Institute, cleared several of its final hurdles this month and is being for ...

AUSTIN, Texas – PC-11, the next heavy-duty engine oil upgrade, received the go-ahead from ASTM here last week. The new category, which the Ameri ...