Tight oil production: Bakken 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 Bakken formation, tight oil production stood at 1.18 million barrels per day in January 2026, compared to 1.21 in December 2025. This constitutes a reduction of 2.48 percent.
Sample. There are 313 records in the monthly series shown in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series is from January 2000 to January 2026.
History. Check out a few summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: extraction averaged 0.64 Mb/d; it reached its lowest level of 0.02 in July 2001; it reached its maximum of 1.50 in November 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 1.209 |
| 2025-12-31 | 1.21 |
| 2026-01-31 | 1.18 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Tight oil production: Bakken 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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