Tight oil production: Eagle Ford 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 Eagle Ford formation, tight oil extraction was 0.99 million barrels per day in January 2026, compared to 1.02 in December 2025. This represents a decrease of 2.94 percent.
Sample. There are 313 observations overall in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The time range covered by the series is from January 2000 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: extraction averaged 0.59 Mb/d; it achieved a maximum of 1.62 in March 2015; it reached its minimum of 0.00 in January 2000.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 1.031 |
| 2025-12-31 | 1.021 |
| 2026-01-31 | 0.989 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Tight oil production: Eagle Ford 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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