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OilPriceAPI MCP Server

The energy commodity MCP server. Real-time oil, gas, and commodity prices for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and any MCP-compatible client.

npm license

Features

  • 14 Tools — spot prices, history, futures, marine fuels, rig counts, diesel by state, storage, OPEC production, forecasts

  • 5 Resources — subscribable price snapshots for Brent, WTI, Natural Gas, Diesel, and all commodities

  • 6 Prompts — pre-built analyst templates (daily briefing, spread analysis, gas markets, commodity report, diesel costs, supply analysis)

  • Natural language — ask for "brent oil" or "natural gas", not codes

  • 70+ commodities — oil, gas, coal, refined products, metals, forex, bunker fuels, state diesel

  • Smart errors — unrecognized commodities get suggestions, not silent fallbacks

Quick Start

npx oilpriceapi-mcp

Installation

Claude Desktop

Add to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oilpriceapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oilpriceapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Add to your project's .mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oilpriceapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oilpriceapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to .cursor/mcp.json in your project root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oilpriceapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oilpriceapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code + Cline

Add to .vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "oilpriceapi": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oilpriceapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Add to ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "oilpriceapi": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "oilpriceapi-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "OILPRICEAPI_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Global Install

npm install -g oilpriceapi-mcp

Environment Variables

Variable

Required

Description

OILPRICEAPI_KEY

Yes

API key from oilpriceapi.com/signup. Free tier: 200 requests/month.

OILPRICEAPI_BASE_URL

No

Override API base URL (for staging/testing). Default: https://api.oilpriceapi.com

Tools

All tools are prefixed with opa_ to avoid name collisions when multiple MCP servers are loaded.

Tool

Description

opa_get_price

Current spot price for a single commodity

opa_market_overview

All commodity prices in one call, grouped by category

opa_compare_prices

Side-by-side comparison of 2-5 commodities with spread

opa_list_commodities

Full commodity catalog (fetched live from API)

opa_get_history

Historical prices with high/low/avg/change (day/week/month/year)

opa_get_futures

Front-month futures price (Brent BZ or WTI CL)

opa_get_futures_curve

Full forward curve with contango/backwardation analysis

opa_get_marine_fuels

Bunker fuel prices by port and fuel type (VLSFO/MGO/IFO380)

opa_get_rig_counts

Baker Hughes US rig count with week-over-week change

opa_get_drilling

Drilling intelligence: wells, permits, completions by region

opa_get_diesel_by_state

AAA retail diesel price for any US state (50 states + DC)

opa_get_storage

Cushing and SPR oil storage/inventory levels

opa_get_opec_production

OPEC country-level production data

opa_get_forecasts

EIA STEO energy price forecasts

Example Questions

"What's the current Brent oil price?"
"Compare Brent and WTI crude"
"Show me oil prices for the past month"
"What's diesel cost in California vs Texas?"
"Give me a market overview of refined products"
"What's the Brent futures curve look like?"
"How many oil rigs are active in the US?"
"What are OPEC production levels?"
"What are bunker fuel prices in Singapore?"
"Show me Cushing storage levels"

Resources

Subscribable price data (JSON):

Resource

URI

Description

Brent Crude

price://brent

Global benchmark crude oil price

WTI Crude

price://wti

US benchmark crude oil price

Natural Gas

price://natural-gas

US Henry Hub natural gas price

Diesel

price://diesel

US national average diesel price

All Prices

price://all

All tracked commodity prices

Prompts

Pre-built analyst templates:

Prompt

Description

daily-briefing

Energy market daily briefing with key prices and movers

brent-wti-spread

Analyze the Brent-WTI crude oil spread

gas-market-analysis

Compare US vs European natural gas markets

commodity-report

Detailed report on a specific commodity (parameterized)

diesel-cost-analysis

Compare diesel prices across US states for fleet planning

supply-analysis

Analyze supply using OPEC production, rig counts, storage

Natural Language Support

You say

We understand

"brent oil", "brent crude"

BRENT_CRUDE_USD

"wti", "us oil"

WTI_USD

"natural gas", "henry hub"

NATURAL_GAS_USD

"european gas", "ttf"

DUTCH_TTF_EUR

"diesel"

DIESEL_USD

"gold"

GOLD_USD

"jet fuel", "aviation fuel"

JET_FUEL_USD

"carbon", "carbon credits"

EU_CARBON_EUR

Development

npm install
npm run build
npm test
OILPRICEAPI_KEY=your-key node build/index.js

Breaking Changes in v2.0.0

  • All tool names now use opa_ prefix (e.g., get_commodity_price -> opa_get_price)

  • Unrecognized commodity names now return an error with suggestions instead of silently defaulting to Brent

  • list_commodities now fetches live from the API (falls back to static list if unavailable)

License

MIT

Also Available As

Install Server
A
security – no known vulnerabilities
A
license - permissive license
-
quality - not tested

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