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, tight oil production was 1.19 million barrels per day in October 2025, versus 1.20 in the previous month. This constitutes a reduction of 0.83 percent.
Sample. In the monthly series shown in the plot, there are 310 data points overall. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 2000 to October 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics we calculated on the full sample: extraction recorded a minimum of 0.02 Mb/d in July 2001; it recorded a maximum of 1.50 in November 2019; it averaged 0.64.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-31 | 1.164 |
| 2025-09-30 | 1.204 |
| 2025-10-31 | 1.193 |
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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 |