Tight oil production: Permian 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 the Permian formations, tight oil production stood at 5.60 million barrels per day in January 2026, versus 5.80 in December 2025. This marks a decrease of 3.45 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series presented in the plot has 313 observations overall. The series covers the time range extending from January 2000 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: extraction reached a minimum of 0.11 Mb/d in July 2000; it reached a maximum of 5.80 in December 2025; it averaged 1.70.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-11-30 | 5.798 |
| 2025-12-31 | 5.803 |
| 2026-01-31 | 5.597 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Tight oil production: Permian 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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