Saudi Arabia says: thanks, It's been fun, and a swell year concerning the arab spring. But now the world needs to pay up, thats how it goes, no hard feelings. Alot of things happened in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt and so on, not to mention the sanctions against everybodies favorite Iran. Saudi minister of of petroleum and mineral resources stated that due to rising welfare expenses [so that people don't even think about sympathizing with those bad old islamists that wanto revolt all day long] in the largest monarchy, it is now time to rise the price of oil, from avarage 75$ / barrel to 100$ / barrel.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0c808c92-20b0-11e1-...z1jfKbNQ00