Tight oil production: Total (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 United States, tight oil extraction was 9.44 Mb/d in April 2026, compared to 9.38 in March. This marks a rise of 0.64 percent.
Sample. There are 316 data points overall in the monthly time series presented in the figure above. The series covers the span of time going from January 2000 to April 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: extraction reached a minimum of 0.23 Mb/d in October 2002; it attained a maximum of 9.46 in November 2024; it averaged 3.56.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-28 | 9.293 |
| 2026-03-31 | 9.378 |
| 2026-04-30 | 9.44 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Tight oil production: Total |
| 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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