Real-Time Brent Oil Price Alerts to Telegram - No API Fees

Stop paying thousands for oil price data feeds. This n8n workflow automatically scrapes Brent crude futures prices from oilprice.com and delivers the 10-month forward curve directly to your Telegram chat multiple times per day—completely free with no API costs or subscriptions required.

What this workflow does

Built specifically for oil traders and energy analysts who start each day asking "where is Brent trading?", this automation silently monitors the international oil benchmark without breaking your focus. The workflow scrapes the public Brent Crude futures page on oilprice.com, extracts the complete 10-month forward curve data, formats it into clean tabular messages, and delivers real-time price alerts to your Telegram channel on a configurable schedule.

Use cases

• Oil traders: Get instant Brent price movements without constantly refreshing trading platforms
• Energy analysts: Monitor forward curve shifts for market research and reporting
• Commodity research desks: Track oil benchmarks for client updates and analysis
• Shipping operations teams: Stay informed on fuel cost fluctuations affecting logistics
• Refinery planners: Monitor crude pricing for operational planning
• Equity investors: Track oil stock correlation data for portfolio decisions
• Macro researchers: Follow energy market trends impacting broader economic analysis

Zero ongoing costs

This workflow eliminates expensive Bloomberg terminals, Refinitiv subscriptions, and CQG platform fees. It requires only your existing n8n instance, a free Telegram bot (created via BotFather), and public HTML scraping—no API keys, authentication, or rate limits you'll realistically hit.

Technical details

Built using n8n's schedule trigger, HTTP request nodes for web scraping, code nodes for data processing, aggregate functionality for formatting, and Telegram integration for message delivery. The workflow includes sticky notes for easy customization and runs reliably on both self-hosted and n8n Cloud instances.

Get institutional-grade Brent crude price visibility without the institutional costs. Perfect for energy professionals who need automated oil market monitoring.