Tight oil production: Bakken formation (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 Bakken formation, tight oil extraction was 1.17 million barrels per day in August 2025, versus 1.13 in July. This marks a rise of 3.54 percent.
Sample. In the monthly time series presented in the graph, there are 308 data points overall. The series covers the time range going from January 2000 to August 2025.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the whole sample: extraction was equal on average to 0.63 Mb/d; it recorded its highest level of 1.50 in November 2019; it registered a minimum of 0.02 in July 2001.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 1.152 |
| 2025-07-31 | 1.13 |
| 2025-08-31 | 1.172 |
Heads-up. Our metadata often contain references to the sources of the data series we publish. You can use these references to discover more details.
Not for investment purposes. Content available on FetchSeries is not not supposed to be used for investment purposes or as a basis for financial-decision making. Users should seek expert advice and perform their own independent due diligence before taking any financial risk.
Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Tight oil production: Bakken formation |
| 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 |
Series in the same data set
Discover the other time series included in this data set.