General Motors advised last month that it will postpone the expiration of existing Dexos1 engine oil licenses until Dec. 31, 2016 because it is taking ...

BOCA RATON, Fla. – It is taking longer than hoped for candidate engine oils to complete the testing and review process for General Motors Dexos1 ...

The Japanese Society of Automotive Engineers has adopted a valve train wear test for diesel engine oils that ends reliance on a test motor no longer i ...

Barring unforeseen setbacks, the American Petroleum Institutes new heavy-duty engine oil categories, known as PC-11A and PC-11B, are back on track to ...

STUTTGART, Germany-As General Motors vehicle sales climb to record volume worldwide, the behemoth automaker reminded automatic transmission fluid supp ...

Convincing Indian motorists to use higher quality engine oils requires a collective effort by car and motorcycle manufacturers, oil marketers, install ...

ExxonMobil revealed plans Monday to produce API Group II base stocks at its Rotterdam, Netherlands, refinery starting in 2018. Esso Nederland BV, an E ...

SAE International has published the latest update of SAE J300, the Engine Oil Viscosity Grade Classification System. Revised and re-issued on Jan. 20, ...

SAN DIEGO — Last week, the New Category Development Team took up the ticklish issue of how to label the coming diesel engine oil upgrade for con ...

In Chinas trucking industry it has long been common to use a single, standard lubricant for both transmissions and axles. Some say the practice no lon ...

Malaysias Petronas Lubricants International introduced the industrys first 0W-20 heavy-duty diesel engine oil in Italy last week after co-developing i ...

The Technical Association of the European Lubricants Industry, ATIEL, reminds engine oil marketers that the ACEA 2010 Sequence officially expires on D ...

While most stakeholders acknowledge that the next generation of heavy-duty engine oils cant roll out sooner than March 2017, representatives from the ...

The American Petroleum Institute confirmed last week that it expects to begin licensing PC-11 heavy-duty motor oils on March 1, 2017. Thats 14 months ...

The U.S. National Conference on Weights and Measures will amend motor oil guidelines to encourage the identification of engine oil performance specifi ...

Straining under the workload of developing two new engine oil categories – PC-11 for heavy-duty diesel oils and GF-6 for gasoline-fueled passeng ...

Less than a year remains to complete the new passenger car engine oil category - but there are still thorny patches in the path to final approval.

At the May 8 meeting of the Auto-Oil Advisory Panel, held in Detroit, the question of how to label the new GF-6 engine oils for consumers continued to ...

Following years of fast-track effort, industry is getting a new heavy-duty engine oil specification. Come October, API CJ-4 should be ready to roll.

Indias new fuel economy standards will demand lower viscosity automotive lubricants and more bespoke formulations, an official at a leading oil market ...