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, the production of tight oil stood at 9.22 million barrels per day in December 2025, compared to 9.21 in November 2025. This represents a rise of 0.11 percent.
Sample. This monthly time series has 312 observations overall. The series covers the time period going from January 2000 to December 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics computed on the entire sample: extraction hit a peak of 9.23 Mb/d in November 2024; it recorded a minimum of 0.30 in July 2002; it was equal on average to 3.52.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 9.167 |
| 2025-11-30 | 9.205 |
| 2025-12-31 | 9.216 |
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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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