It’s show time at last for the producers of motor oils developed through the API Proposed Category 11 process. PC-11 was launched in 2011 to develop specs for a new oil-service category to ...

For two decades, we have seen a new API oil classification for on-highway heavy duty diesels every few years. Oil formulations had to change to meet the demands of diesel engines facing ever-more ...

The API And Its Classifications As the largest trade association for the United States oil and natural gas industry, the American Petroleum Institute works with the public and private sectors to ...

“The industry is currently working its way through the API [oil-classification] process outlined in API 1509 with regards to evaluating the need to develop a new API service category to address ...

The diesel engine oil available for your fleet is about to undergo a major change. Two new oil categories, CK-4 and FA-4, have been announced by the American Petroleum Institute (API) and will ...

Actually, as McGeehan told FleetOwner’s editors yesterday, it is ever more likely that PC-11 will birth not one, but two new API oil-service categories.

Jim McGeehan, Chevron's global manager, heavy-duty diesel engine oil technology and the chairman of the ASTM heavy-duty engine oil classification panel, which is charged with setting limits and ...

Chevron announced last week a new category of engine oil for severe duty, start-and-stop applications. A nationwide rollout is planned for Sept. 15. Chevron says Delo 400 SD SAE 15W-30 is an API ...