I Built an API That Fuses 4 Energy Data Sources + AI Into One Endpoint

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The Problem: Energy Data Is Scattered and Expensive

If you've ever tried to build anything involving energy market data — a trading dashboard, a supply chain monitor, a geopolitical risk model — you know the pain:

Tanker tracking APIs (AIS data) start at $220/month
Oil price APIs are separate services from maritime data
Port congestion data lives behind yet another provider
None of them talk to each other

I built Energy Volatility to solve this. One API, four data sources, plus an AI layer that interprets the data.

What It Does

Source	What You Get
AISStream.io	Live tanker positions — vessel ID, speed, heading, cargo type
FRED	WTI and Brent crude oil prices with trend direction
EIA	Petroleum spot prices
IMF PortWatch	Port congestion — berth occupancy, vessel queues
OpenRouter AI	Supply gap prediction, price impact forecasting

Coverage focuses on corridors where ~20% of global oil transits daily: Strait of Hormuz, Persian Gulf, Red Sea.

Quick Start

import requests

headers = {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": "YOUR_KEY",
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "energy-volatility.p.rapidapi.com",
}

# Get tanker positions
resp = requests.get(
    "https://energy-volatility.p.rapidapi.com/v1/tanker-positions",
    headers=headers,
    params={"region": "strait_of_hormuz"}
)

# AI risk assessment
resp = requests.post(
    "https://energy-volatility.p.rapidapi.com/v1/risk-assessment",
    headers={**headers, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={"region": "strait_of_hormuz", "conflict_type": "military", "severity": 7}
)
result = resp.json()
print(f"Risk Score: {result['risk_score']}/100")
print(f"Supply Gap: {result['supply_prediction']['predicted_gap_mbpd']} million bbl/day")

How It Compares

Feature	Energy Volatility	Datalastic	Ship Tracking API
Tanker positions (AIS)	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oil/freight prices	Yes	No	No
Port congestion	Yes	No	No
AI risk analysis	Yes	No	No
Free tier	50 req/mo	Trial only	Yes
Pro pricing	$14.99/mo	~$220/mo	~$25/mo