Tight oil production: Permian formations (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 Permian formations, tight oil production was 5.78 million barrels per day in December 2025, versus 5.77 in the previous month. This represents an increase of 0.17 percent.
Sample. There are 312 records in the monthly time series shown in the plot above. The period covered by the series extends from January 2000 to December 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics computed on the full sample: extraction reached its maximum of 5.78 Mb/d in December 2025; it reached its lowest level of 0.11 in July 2000; it averaged 1.68.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Million barrels per day (Mb/d) |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | 5.768 |
| 2025-11-30 | 5.774 |
| 2025-12-31 | 5.782 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Tight oil production: Permian formations |
| 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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