in the wake of the prospect of electronic self-driving cars currently tested by companies including ford and google, world reliance on oil imports may become obsolete as a cadre of such revolutionary auto vehicles for private transportation becomes available.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/saudi-arabias-cabinet-approves-economic-reform-package-1465252667
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-self-driving-car-and-the-coming-revolution-in-auto-insurance-1433715535
jadeowl 
Posted by jadeowl on May 23, 2017 at 2:09 am
apparently swedish company clariant is merging with american chemical company huntsman to counter this
https://www.wsj.com/articles/huntsman-strikes-merger-deal-with-clariant-creating-14-billion-chemicals-firm-1495463989