The American Petroleum Institute (API) announced that it is now accepting online applications for licensing of engine oil products meeting the new ILSAC standards GF-6A and GF-6B and the new API Service Category, API SP. In July 2019, the API Lubricants Standards Group approved the adoption of two new ILSAC specifications, GF-6A and GF-6B, and […]

The Truck & Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA), which represents worldwide manufacturers of internal combustion engines and on-highway medium- and heavy-duty trucks, has proposed to sunset the API CH-4 diesel engine oil category, according to EMA Vice President Tia Sutton during the API Diesel Engine Oil Advisory Panel meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. on 10 […]

The American Petroleum Institute (API) will start accepting online applications for ILSAC GF-6 and API SP licenses on 1 January 2020. Last week, API announced that its Lubricants Standards Group has approved by letter ballot the adoption of two new ILSAC specifications, GF-6A and GF-6B, and a new API Service Category, API SP. The two […]

What will the next API heavy-duty engine oil category, PC-12, look like? Representatives from the Truck and Engine Manufacturers Association (EMA) are planning to report in December what the next steps are for this new heavy-duty engine oil specification which will be licensed by the American Petroleum Institute (API). “We are hoping by December we […]

Group II+ and Group III+ base stocks do not officially exist as categories under the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Annex E of API 1509, Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System (EOLCS), a voluntary licensing and certification program administered by the largest U.S. oil and gas industry trade group. However, the reality is, in today’s marketplace, there’s a proliferation of […]

The ASTM Caterpillar Surveillance Panel has informed the American Petroleum Institute (API) that the ASTM D8047 test is again available for candidate oil testing. ASTM D8047, Standard Test Method for Evaluation of Engine Oil Aeration Resistance in a Caterpillar C13 Direct-Injected Turbocharged Automotive Diesel Engine, otherwise known as “COAT”, evaluates aeration performance under high-engine-speed, zero-load […]

The U.S. has sustained its position as the world’s leading oil producer, continuing a pace of 12.1 million barrels a day (mb/d), matching February 2019, according to the American Petroleum Institute’s latest monthly statistical report . In addition, petroleum demand in March was the strongest for that month in more than a decade at 20.7 mb/d. “Robust […]

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has updated their website with several more oils that are using the API engine oil certification marks without authorization. There are five different brands currently listed, representing 12 different products. The list started with one brand with six products in March. At this time, the only products on the list of unauthorized oils […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week proposed regulatory changes to allow gasoline blended with up to 15% ethanol (E15) to take advantage of the 1-psi Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) waiver for the summer months that has historically been applied only to E10 or 10% ethanol blend. The U.S. EPA is also proposing regulatory […]

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has added a description of API SN PLUS to its English- and Chinese-language Motor Oil Guides entitled “Oil Matters.” API SN PLUS, which is defined as a “classification,” identifies oils that meet API SN and are also formulated to provide additional protection against low-speed pre-ignition for turbocharged direct injection gasoline-powered […]