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 extraction of shale gas was 2.731 bcf/d in April 2026, versus 2.648 in March. This constitutes an increase of 3.13 percent.
Sample. This monthly series has 316 records. The series covers the time period stretching from January 2000 to April 2026.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: extraction reached its maximum of 2.770 bcf/d in September 2025; it hit a trough of 0.011 in September 2001; it had a mean of 0.944.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 2.626 |
| 2026-03-31 | 2.648 |
| 2026-04-30 | 2.731 |
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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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