AAMA American Automobile Manufacturers Association – formerly the MVMA (Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association) – USA
AAR Association of American Railroads
ACEA Association des Constructeurs Europeens d’Automobiles (Association of Automobile Constructors in Europe), formerly CCMC (Committee of Common Market Automobile Manufacturers)
AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalisation (France)
AGMA American Gear Manufacturers Association
AHEM Association of Hydraulic Equipment Manufacturers
ANSI American National Standards Institute
API American Petroleum Institute
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
ASTM American Society for Testing and Materials
ATC Technical Committee of Petroleum Additive Manufacturers in Europe
ATF Automatic transmission fluid
ATIEL Association Technique de l’Industrie Europeenne des Lubricants
BMEP Brake Mean Effective Pressure
BOCL Ball On Cylinder Lubricant Evaluator (ASTM D5001)
BP British Pharmacopoeia
BSI British Standards Institution
BTC British Technical Council of the Motor and Petroleum Industries
CAFE Corporate average fuel economy (USA)
CARB California Air Resources Board
CCMC Committee of Common Market Automobile Constructors – now called ACEA (Association of Automobile Constructors in Europe)
CCS Cold cranking simulator
CEC Coordinating European Council
CFC Chlorofluorocarbon
CFPP Cold filter plugging point
CI Compression ignition (engine)
CMA Chemical Manufacturers Association (USA)
CNG Compressed natural gas
COC Cleveland Open Cup
CONCAWE Conservation of Clean Air and Water – Europe
CRC Coordinating Research Council (USA)
CVT Continuously variable transmission
DEO Diesel engine oil
DIN Deutsches Institut fur Normung (Germany)
DOT Department of Transport (USA)
DPF Diesel (Engine) Particulate Filter
EGR Exhaust Gas Recirculation
EMA Engine Manufacturers Association (USA)
EOLCS Engine Oil Licensing and Certification System
EP Extreme pressure
EPA Environmental Protection Agency (USA)
ERBP Equilibrium Reflux Boiling Point
FDA Food and Drug Administration (US Government Authority)
FMVSS Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
FZG Forschungsstelle fur Zahnrader und Getriebebau (Research Institute for Gears and Gear Design) (Germany)
GC Gas chromatography
GLC Gas liquid chromatography
GTL Gas to liquid
HCFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
HDDO Heavy duty diesel engine oil
HDEO Heavy duty engine oil
HDEOCP Heavy Duty Engine Oil Classification Panel
HFC Hydrochlorofluorocarbon
HPLC High performance (or pressure) liquid chromatography
HTHS High temperature high shear rate viscosity
HVAC Heating, ventilation air conditioning (building services)
ICP Inductively coupled plasma
IDI Indirect diesel injection
ILMA Independent Lubricant Manufacturers Association
ILSAC International Lubricant Standardisation and Approval Committee
IP The Institute of Petroleum (UK)
ISO International Standards Association
JAMA Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association
JASO Japanese Automobile Standards Organisation
JIS Japan Industry Standard
LC Liquid chromatography
LFG Landfill gas
LFGEO Landfill gas engine oil
LMOA Locomotive Maintenance Officers Association
LNG Liquefied natural gas
LPG Liquefied petroleum gas
MBBL Thousand barrels
MCL Marine cylinder lubricant
MIL U.S. Military specifications
MIRA Motor Industry Research Association (UK)
MON Motor octane number
MRV Mini rotary viscometer
MSDS Material safety data sheet
MSO Marine system oil
MTAC Multiple test acceptance criteria
MTBE Methyl tertiary butyl ether
MVMA Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association (USA) – now AAMA (American Automobile Manufacturers Association)
NGEO Natural gas engine oil
NLGI National Lubricating Grease Institute
NMMA National Marine Manufacturers Association (USA)
NPRA National Petroleum Refiners Association (USA)
OEM Original equipment manufacturer
OPEC Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
ORI Octane requirement increase
PAG Polyalkalene glycol synthetic fluid (used in some non-CFC refrigeration systems)
PAH Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon
PAJ Petroleum Association of Japan
PAO Polyalphaolefin
PCEOCP Passenger Car Engine Oil Classification Panel
PCMO Passenger car motor oil
PDS Product Data Sheet
PIB Polyisobutylene
PPD Pour point depressant
PT Permanent type antifreeze coolants
PTF Powershift transmission fluid
PTFE Polytetrafluoroethylene
RON Research octane number
RVP Reid Vapour Pressure
SAE Society of Automotive Engineers, Inc
SHPD Super high performance diesel (oil)
SI Spark ignition (engine), or Systeme International d’Unites (International System for Units)
SSI Shear stability index
STLE Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
STOU Super tractor oil universal
TAME Tertiary amyl methyl ether
TDH Transmission, differential and hydraulic
THF Tractor hydraulic fluid
TOST Turbine oil stability test
TPEO Trunk piston engine oil
TWC Three way catalyst
USDA US Department of Agriculture
USP United States Pharmacopoeia
UTTO Universal tractor transmission oil
VHVI Very high viscosity index
VI Viscosity index
VII Viscosity index improver
XHPD Extra high performance diesel (oil)
ZDDP Zinc dialkyl (or diaryl) dithiophosphate
