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 was 5.78 million barrels per day in December 2025, versus 5.77 in the previous month. This marks a gain of 0.17 percent.
Sample. There are 312 data points overall in the monthly time series presented in the figure above. The time span covered by the series is from January 2000 to December 2025.
History. Here are some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: extraction had a mean value of 1.68 Mb/d; it reached its highest level of 5.78 in December 2025; it registered a minimum of 0.11 in July 2000.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 5.768 |
| 2025-11-30 | 5.774 |
| 2025-12-31 | 5.782 |
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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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