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Shale gas production: Total (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly

Latest updates. In the United States, the extraction of shale gas was 86.369 bcf/d in July 2025, versus 87.090 in June 2025. This constitutes a reduction of 0.83 percent.

Sample. There are 307 data points overall in the monthly time series presented in the graph above. The time range covered by the series is from January 2000 to July 2025.

History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: extraction achieved a maximum of 87.091 bcf/d in May 2025; it reached a minimum of 3.238 in February 2001; it had an average value of 35.177.

Latest values

Date Value - Billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d)
2025-05-31 87.091
2025-06-30 87.09
2025-07-31 86.369

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Shale gas production: Total
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

Series in the same data set: Shale gas production

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
Shale gas production: Total (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Bakken formation (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Barnett formation (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Eagle Ford formation (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Fayetteville formation (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Haynesville formation (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Marcellus formation (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Mississippian formation (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Niobrara Codell formation (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Permian formations (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Utica formation (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Woodford formation (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31
Shale gas production: Other US formations (bcf/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly 307 2000-01-31 2025-07-31