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Americans have grown used to oil at $100 a barrel and paying more than $3 per gallon for gas at the pump. But don’t get too comfy — the price of filling up is probably going up in 2012.

Uncertainty in the Middle East, growing global demand, and a lack of easy oil will be the drivers behind the price spike, and as we’ve seen recently, any change in the status quo will send the black gold higher.

1. Countries with Crazy Leaders Produce a Lot of Oil

In case you’ve missed the latest in Iran’s…

3 Reasons Oil Prices Are Headed Higher in 2012 originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2011-12-31T07:30:00Z.

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