Tight oil production: Total (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 United States, tight oil production was 9.01 million barrels per day in July 2025, unchanged with respect to June.
Sample. The monthly time series shown in the plot has 307 observations in total. The series covers the time period stretching from January 2000 to July 2025.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: extraction recorded its maximum of 9.19 Mb/d in November 2024; it hit a trough of 0.30 in August 2003; it had an average value of 3.42.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-31 | 9.006 |
| 2025-06-30 | 9.014 |
| 2025-07-31 | 9.006 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Tight oil production: Total |
| 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 |