Lubricant Specifications

GM, the largest automaker in the United States by sales, has rejected the Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association’s request for relief on De ...

Industry is plotting a quick turnaround for North America’s next heavy-duty diesel engine oil category. Steve Haffner lays out reasons why, along wi ...

The American Petroleum Institute activated Emergency Provisional Licensing for participants in its Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System, stat ...

API Approves PC-12

March 25, 2026

The American Petroleum Institute has approved its new Proposed Category 12 (PC-12) specification for heavy-duty engine oils. The standard has now been ...

PC-12 Is on Track

February 2, 2026

The next heavy-duty engine oil specification for North America is headed for the finish line, but a few final tasks remain.

Maintaining old tests and making new ones back serviceable.

ILSAC GF-7 is here. Steve Haffner outlines the tools used to deploy the new specification.

API Is Not Alone

April 30, 2025

Who are the major players in motor oil specification development right now, and how are they impacting the lubricants industry?

Lubrizol CV1150 heavy duty motor oil additive package meets China’s GB D1 specification for heavy duty engines.

PC-12 Changes Are Coming

February 3, 2025

PC-12 is in the works. How may the new category differ from its predecessor?

Certas Lubricant Solution was quick to withdraw a legacy automotive lubricant after a Verification of Lubrication Specifications investigation upheld ...

Concerning Quality

January 2, 2025

Is the lubricants business on its way to commoditization? Tom Glenn weighs in.

ILSAC GF-7, the next passenger car engine oil specification due to market in four months, will make engines significantly cleaner and provide another ...

As first license for GF-7 nears, lubricant manufacturers must adjust their blending strategies to meet new performance requirements.

Commercialization of Europe’s new industry engine oil standard for heavy-duty diesel engines opened on Oct. 15, allowing lubricant marketers to prom ...

Steve Haffner discusses the benefits of ILSAC GF-7 as well as some of the concerns stakeholders had that have now been resolved.

The Japanese Automotive Standards Organization has developed a specification for new generation of ultra-high viscosity index gasoline passenger car e ...

Steve Haffner explores how stakeholder alignment for ILSAC GF-7 has differed from that of past categories.

Two of Europe’s important lubricant industry trade groups – ATIEL and UEIL – have formed a joint committee to work on sustainability topics of i ...