Tight oil production: Austin Chalk 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 Austin Chalk formation, tight oil extraction was 0.11 Mb/d in January 2026, compared to 0.12 in December 2025. This represents a reduction of 8.33 percent.
Sample. There are 313 observations in the monthly series presented in the figure above. The time period covered by the series stretches from January 2000 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: extraction reached a trough of 0.03 Mb/d in March 2014; it recorded its highest level of 0.13 in October 2023; it was equal on average to 0.07.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 0.123 |
| 2025-12-31 | 0.119 |
| 2026-01-31 | 0.113 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Tight oil production: Austin Chalk 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 |
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