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, the production of tight oil was 1.18 million barrels per day in September 2026, the same value recorded in August.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 321 data points in total. The series covers the time range going from January 2000 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few statistics we computed on the entire sample: extraction had a mean value of 0.66 Mb/d; it recorded a minimum of 0.02 in July 2001; it peaked at 1.50 in November 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 1.17900 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1.18100 |
| 2026-09-30 | 1.18000 |
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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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