Shale gas production: Permian formations (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 Permian formations, the extraction of shale gas was 23.453 bcf/d in September 2026, compared to 23.424 in August. This represents a rise of 0.12 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series presented in the plot has 321 records. The time span covered by the series goes from January 2000 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few simple statistics we computed on the full sample: extraction reached its lowest level of 0.107 bcf/d in December 2002; it peaked at 23.453 in September 2026; it had a mean of 5.560.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 23.2590 |
| 2026-08-31 | 23.4240 |
| 2026-09-30 | 23.4530 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Shale gas production: Permian formations |
| 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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