Home >  Tags


API

PC-11 upgrade set for diesel

The API has given the go-ahead for the new PC-11 heavy-duty oil category.
Tags: API, Environment and Regulatory watch, North America

FTC gets both barrels after Magnuson-Moss request

US oil industry leaves legislator in no doubt over oil warranty issue.
Tags: API, automotive industry, Dexos, Environment and Regulatory watch, General Motors, ILMA, N America

Business as usual for API oil approval

The API has returned to normal licensing for all passenger car engine oils as VG test comes back on stream.
Tags: API, Environment and Regulatory watch, Lubricants

Lack of sludge causes API jam

A lack of reference fuel causes licensing approval issues for lubes producers with API
Tags: API, Environment and Regulatory watch, ILSAC, Lubricants

GL-4 to become obsolete

API will retire the SL-4 lubricant specification at the end of July
Tags: API, Lubes news

API SN finally wins approval

API has approved the SN and SN Resource Conserving engine oil categories in line with ILSAC GF-5
Tags: API, GF-5, Lubes news, North America

Lubes News - Bulletin 112 (Apr 10)

API's SN standard faces challenges; Dexos fees to change as Infineum is first in line; Ford joins the myth-busters; UAE sets the base oil pace in Middle East; and Gulf takes marine operation to the Americas.
Tags: AOCA, API, Dexos, Ford, GF-5, GM, ILSAC, Infineum

And finally...

Formula One back on the grid; Shell stays with Ferrari; a UN-backed decade of road safety, it's official; automotive April Fools; and the world's largest meatball.
Tags: API, GF-5

FREE lubes bulletin

Subscribe to the OATS Bulletin: a streamlined look at the month's lubricants and additives news.
First name
Last name
Email
Company
Country
 
We will never pass your details to anyone else. Privacy policy...

Our clients

We are already streamlining the customer and technical support for some of the lubes industry's leading names. More...