Tight oil production: Bakken formation (Mb/d) - United States - EIA STEO - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Tight oil production in the US (EIA STEO)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the Bakken formation, the production of tight oil was 1.13 Mb/d in July 2025, versus 1.12 in June 2025. This constitutes a gain of 0.89 percent.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are a total of 307 data points. The period covered by the series is from January 2000 to July 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics we computed on the full sample: extraction averaged 0.63 Mb/d; it reached its minimum of 0.02 in July 2001; it recorded its maximum of 1.50 in November 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | 1.104 |
| 2025-06-30 | 1.122 |
| 2025-07-31 | 1.134 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Tight oil production: Bakken formation |
| Country or region | United States |
| Economic concept | Flow |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government Agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Measure type | Level |