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 production was 9.45 million barrels per day in May 2026, compared to 9.40 in April. This constitutes a rise of 0.53 percent.
Sample. In the monthly time series displayed in the plot, there are 317 observations in total. The series covers the time range stretching from January 2000 to May 2026.
History. Here are some descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: extraction reached a trough of 0.23 Mb/d in August 2003; it hit a peak of 9.46 in July 2025; it had a mean value of 3.57.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 9.351 |
| 2026-04-30 | 9.398 |
| 2026-05-31 | 9.449 |
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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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