Shale gas production: Total (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 United States, the extraction of shale gas was 86.136 bcf/d in January 2026, compared to 89.600 in December 2025. This constitutes a decrease of 3.87 percent.
Sample. There are 313 records in the monthly series shown in the figure above. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 2000 to January 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics we calculated on the whole sample: extraction hit a maximum of 89.600 bcf/d in December 2025; it hit a minimum of 3.241 in February 2001; it had a mean of 36.243.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 89.379 |
| 2025-12-31 | 89.6 |
| 2026-01-31 | 86.136 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Shale gas production: Total |
| 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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