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India’s BS VI Takes Effect

Lube Report Asia - April 3, 2020

India took a large step toward reducing its very high levels air pollution Wednesday with the implementation of its Bhar ...

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Sri Lanka Chases Unauthorized Lubes

March 6, 2020

A Sri Lankan government agency raided 15 retail shops in mid-February and confiscated unauthorized lubricants as part of ...

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India Amends Grease Standards

February 28, 2020

Attempting to ease the impact of growing competition for lithium, India expanded a government performance standard for g ...

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Quality of Indian Lubes Rising for BS VI

January 17, 2020

India's automotive engine oil market will be taking a step up in coming months as suppliers prepare for the nation's imp ...

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Additive Makers Gaining Role in China

November 22, 2019

A new Chinese national standard for diesel engine oil is expected to go into effect next year, leaving Chinese lubricant ...

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Indonesia Standard Takes Effect

October 25, 2019

An Indonesian mandate for lubricants to meet the countrys new national SNI standard took effect last month, but some com ...

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Association to Tackle Green Standard

October 4, 2019

The Shanghai Lubricant Trade Association is organizing a new committee whose first priority will be to set up standards ...

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Chinese Marketers Eye Chinese Standards

April 5, 2019

Chinese lubricant marketers generally follow lubricant specifications developed in North America or Europe, but one of t ...

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Association Contests Indonesian Standard

March 22, 2019

The Association of Indonesian Lubricants Distributors, Importers and Producers (Perdippi) is taking legal actions to try ...

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Shandong to Phase Out Older Trucks

March 1, 2019

Shandong province aims by 2020 to replace all local diesel vehicles that don't comply with emissions standards newer tha ...

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Q3 Profit Up for GP Petroleums

January 26, 2018

GP Petroleums Ltd. reported its third-quarter net profit surged 72 percent year on year to Rs 5.78 crore (Rs 57.8 millio ...

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China to Revise White Oil Standards

January 12, 2018

China will introduce new national standards for industrial white oils as soon as the middle of this year, according to a ...

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Korea Intensifies Inspection Process

December 19, 2017

South Korean government agencies will intensify their lubricants inspection program beginning next year.

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Automakers to API: Update GF-5 Now

July 25, 2017

Asian and American automakers requested American Petroleum Institute to create a supplement to the existing ILSAC GF-5 s ...

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China Introduces Wind Turbine Oil Standards

May 23, 2017

China recently introduced national standards for greases and lubes used in wind turbines.

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JAMA Proposes SAE 0W-8 Spec

April 18, 2017

Members of the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association want to continue pioneering lower-viscosity oils by develop ...

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Lopal IPO Fetches $71 Million

April 4, 2017

In its initial public offering, Jiangsu Lopal Petrochemical Co. raised 494 million (U.S. $71.68 million) to build severa ...