Data Usage Policy
About Our Data
OilPriceAPI provides a unified delivery mechanism for publicly available commodity price data. We aggregate, normalize, and deliver price data from multiple public sources including exchanges, government agencies, and industry reporting services through a single REST API.
Permitted Use
Data accessed through OilPriceAPI is provided for internal business use within your organization. Common use cases include:
- Powering internal dashboards and analytics applications
- Automated fuel surcharge calculations and pricing adjustments
- Financial modeling, risk assessment, and portfolio analysis
- Operational decision-making and supply chain optimization
- Research and market intelligence for internal teams
Redistribution
Redistribution rights are not granted under standard plans. Displaying derived insights (e.g., charts, summaries) within your application for your end users is permitted. Reselling or republishing raw API data as a standalone data product is not permitted without a separate redistribution agreement.
If your use case requires redistribution rights, please contact us to discuss enterprise licensing options.
Compliance
Users are responsible for ensuring their use of commodity price data complies with all applicable laws and regulations in their jurisdiction. This includes but is not limited to securities regulations, data protection laws, and industry-specific compliance requirements.
Data Accuracy
While we take extensive measures to ensure data accuracy — including cross-validation from multiple sources and automated anomaly detection — commodity price data is provided on an "as-is" basis. We recommend users implement their own validation for mission-critical applications.
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Last updated: March 11, 2026. Questions about data usage? Contact us at support.