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Innospec

Innospec Inc., formerly known as Octel Corporation and Associated Octel Company, Ltd., is an American specialty chemical company. It comprises three business units: *The Performance Chemicals business trades in the personal care, home care, agrochemical, mining and industrial markets. *The Fuel Specialties business specializes in manufacturing and supplying fuel additives. *The Oilfield Services business supplies drilling, completion and production chemicals. The Octane Additives business ceased trading in 2020, and the manufacture of tetraethyllead (TEL) used in the manufacture of 100LL avgas was transferred to the Fuel Specialities segment. The company has ceased the sales of TEL for use in motor gasoline, which was previously sold from the UK to Algeria.

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Article summary

Innospec Inc., formerly known as Octel Corporation and Associated Octel Company, Ltd., is an American specialty chemical company. It comprises three business units: *The Performance Chemicals business trades in the personal care, home care, agrochemical, mining and industrial markets. *The Fuel Specialties business specializes in manufacturing and supplying fuel additives. *The Oilfield Services business supplies drilling, completion and production chemicals. The Octane Additives business ceased trading in 2020, and the manufacture of tetraethyllead (TEL) used in the manufacture of 100LL avgas was transferred to the Fuel Specialities segment. The company has ceased the sales of TEL for use in motor gasoline, which was previously sold from the UK to Algeria.

Key claims

  1. employees: 2,000 employees — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 2015 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the employees is "2,000 employees". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "2015". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1374324155

Key claims and bibliography are generated from the same tracked claims and sources as the article page.