Shale gas production: Bakken formation (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Shale gas production in the US (EIA STEO)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the Bakken formation, the production of shale gas was 2.801 billion cubic feet per day in November 2025, versus 2.767 in October 2025. This constitutes a rise of 1.23 percent.
Sample. There are 311 data points overall in the monthly time series presented in the figure above. The span of time covered by the series is from January 2000 to November 2025.
History. Here are a few statistics we calculated on the entire sample: extraction had a mean value of 0.895 bcf/d; it hit a minimum of 0.011 in February 2002; it recorded its maximum of 2.801 in November 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 2.759 |
| 2025-10-31 | 2.767 |
| 2025-11-30 | 2.801 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Shale gas production: Bakken formation |
| Country or region | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government Agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Measure type | Level |
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