Tight oil production: Other US formations (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 minor US formations, tight oil extraction was 0.38 million barrels per day in May 2026, compared to 0.37 in April 2026. This represents a rise of 2.70 percent.
Sample. There are 317 records in the monthly time series presented in the graph above. The series covers the period going from January 2000 to May 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: extraction hit a trough of 0.08 Mb/d in February 2007; it hit a peak of 0.38 in June 2025; it had a mean of 0.20.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 0.368 |
| 2026-04-30 | 0.366 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0.376 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Tight oil production: Other US formations |
| 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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