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 extraction of tight oil was 9.05 Mb/d in August 2025, versus 8.98 in the previous month. This marks a rise of 0.78 percent.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 308 data points. The series covers the time span extending from January 2000 to August 2025.
History. Have a look at a few simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: extraction reached its minimum of 0.30 Mb/d in July 2002; it reached its maximum of 9.19 in November 2024; it averaged 3.44.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 9.014 |
| 2025-07-31 | 8.981 |
| 2025-08-31 | 9.05 |
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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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