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 1.21 Mb/d in December 2025, compared to 1.23 in November. This represents a reduction of 1.63 percent.
Sample. The monthly series displayed in the figure has 312 records overall. The series covers the time period going from January 2000 to December 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: extraction reached its maximum of 1.50 Mb/d in November 2019; it reached its minimum of 0.02 in July 2001; it had a mean value of 0.64.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 1.206 |
| 2025-11-30 | 1.233 |
| 2025-12-31 | 1.21 |
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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 |
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