Worldwide oil shales production amounted to 22.3 million metric tons in 2023. Between 2016 and 2023, oil shales production net increased by over 25 percent. Oil shale is distinct from oil-bearing shales also known as tight oil, which is the form of oil shales heavily produced in the United States.

Shale gas and tight oil production in the United States is forecast to increase to more than 35 trillion cubic feet by 2050, up from 29.4 trillion cubic feet in 2024. Shale gas refers to natural gas that is trapped within dense shale formations. Tight oil is crude oil contained in such rock formations. It is extracted by drilling wells and pumping a sand, water, and chemical mixture into the rock. The pressure under which the mixture is pushed into fissures cracks the rock open, allowing for the gas and oil to be removed. Origins of U.S. shale gas production The extraction of shale gas and tight oil in the U.S. has increased dramatically since 2000; from about 1.77 trillion cubic feet to over 29 trillion cubic feet in 2024. The economic viability of shale exploration is a result of technological advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking), as well as a surge in oil benchmark prices in the late 2000s and early 2010s. China's fast-growing economy meant it required ever greater amounts of petroleum products, while the largest oil producing body, OPEC, tightly controlled production output in order to push prices higher. This led to the WTI crude oil price climbing to an annual average of nearly 100 U.S. dollars in 2008, despite the onset of the financial crisis. Although early shale pioneer Mitchell Energy had experimented with horizontal drilling and fracking, it took until the 2000s for the technology to hit off. Shale gas production is concentrated primarily in regions such as the Northeast and the Gulf Coast, with Appalachia being the most productive U.S. natural gas region. Fossil fuel reserves in the U.S. The United States had 17.4 trillion cubic meters of proved natural gas reserves, as of 2023. The North American country ranked fourth among the leading countries by proved natural gas reserves. Russia led the ranking with over 44 trillion cubic meters. The same year, U.S. oil reserves amounted to over 47 billion barrels, more than double the amount in 2000.

Crude Oil Production in the United States increased to 13468 BBL/D/1K in April from 13450 BBL/D/1K in March of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Crude Oil Production - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

This dataset contains information about world oil production for OPEC, OECD and the major non-OPEC producers. for 1983-2021. Data from Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). Follow datasource.kapsarc.org and it’s APIs to stay in sync and advance energy economics research.Note:* Including Condensates and Natural gas liquids

Estimated monthly production derived from state administrative data. Data are back to January 2000.

County-level data from oil and/or natural gas producing States—for onshore production in the lower 48 States only—are compiled on a State-by-State basis. Most States have production statistics available by county, field, or well, and these data were compiled at the county level to create a database of county-level production, annually for 2000 through 2011. Raw data for natural gas is for gross withdrawals, and oil data almost always include natural gas liquids. Note that State-provided natural gas withdrawals were not available for Illinois or Indiana; those estimates were produced using geocoded wells and State total production reported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Agency.

In the data file, counties with increases or decreases in excess of $20 million in oil and/or natural gas production during 2000-11 are also identified. See the Documentation for more details.

Currently, an ERS update to this data product is not planned.This record was taken from the USDA Enterprise Data Inventory that feeds into the https://data.gov catalog. Data for this record includes the following resources: Data download page For complete information, please visit https://data.gov.

The Marcellus and Utica shale play is the greatest shale gas producing region in the United States. In January 2023, the shale gas production volume from the Marcellus and Utica basin amounted to approximately ** billion cubic meters (bcm). This was followed by Permian basic, which produced approximately ** bcm of shale gas that month.

United States Shale Oil Production: Others data was reported at 0.344 MN Barrel/Day in Apr 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 0.343 MN Barrel/Day for Mar 2019. United States Shale Oil Production: Others data is updated monthly, averaging 0.167 MN Barrel/Day from Jan 2000 (Median) to Apr 2019, with 232 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.407 MN Barrel/Day in Apr 2015 and a record low of 0.138 MN Barrel/Day in Feb 2007. United States Shale Oil Production: Others data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Energy Information Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.RB022: Shale Oil Production.

In 2023, oil production in the United States reached 19.4 million barrels per day, the highest value within the period of consideration. The United States currently produces more oil than any other country in the world. Why has U.S. oil production increased? As U.S. oil production has more than doubled since the 2008 recession, imports of crude oil to the United States have decreased. An upsurge in foreign oil prices during the financial crisis, particularly from OPEC countries located mainly in the Middle East, motivated the U.S. energy industry to find ways to increase production domestically. Developments in extraction technology During the recession, investors took advantage of low-interest rates to develop costly oil extraction processes such as hydraulic fracturing. Also known as “fracking,” this extraction method made it possible to access shale oil deep underground that was once out of reach. Texas and New Mexico are major sites of shale reserves and have thus become the two largest oil-producing states in the country.

This dataset contains crude oil production for Bahrain from 2000-2019. Data from National Oil & Gas Authority (NOGA). Follow datasource.kapsarc.org and it’s APIs for timely data to advance energy economics research. Note: Production is for Bahrain Field.

Refined Crude Oil Production: Year to Date: Shaanxi data was reported at 5,178.000 Ton th in Mar 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,408.000 Ton th for Feb 2025. Refined Crude Oil Production: Year to Date: Shaanxi data is updated monthly, averaging 8,740.000 Ton th from Apr 2002 (Median) to Mar 2025, with 261 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 21,241.000 Ton th in Dec 2012 and a record low of 700.000 Ton th in Jan 2005. Refined Crude Oil Production: Year to Date: Shaanxi data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Energy Sector – Table CN.RBA: Energy Production: Refined Crude Oil.

United States Crude Oil Supply: Field Production data was reported at 11,142.000 1000 Barrel/Day in Oct 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 11,047.000 1000 Barrel/Day for Sep 2018. United States Crude Oil Supply: Field Production data is updated monthly, averaging 7,435.340 1000 Barrel/Day from Jan 1973 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 550 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11,345.511 1000 Barrel/Day in Aug 2018 and a record low of 3,973.586 1000 Barrel/Day in Sep 2008. United States Crude Oil Supply: Field Production data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Energy Information Administration. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.RB016: Petroleum Overview.

Crude Oil Production in Belarus remained unchanged at 26 BBL/D/1K in March. This dataset provides - Belarus Crude Oil Production- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

This dataset contains production information from oil and gas wells in New York State from 1967 to 1999. Each record represents a sum by operator for each county, town, field, and formation grouping.

This data release contains several datasets that provide an overview of oil and gas well history and production of the United States, from 1817 to September 1, 2022. Well history data is aggregated into 1-mile and 10-mile squares indicating the total number of wells and counts of wells classified as oil, gas, dry, injection, hydraulically fractured, and/or horizontal wells. Well history is also separated into layers binned on 1-year increments from a well's spud date (date drilling commenced). Production data is aggregated in 2-mile and 10-mile squares that sum the total production of oil, gas, and water volumes. Production data is also separated into layers binned on 1-year increments to reflect the year of production. These aggregations are compiled from data from IHS Markit, which is a proprietary, commercial database. No proprietary data is contained in this release. This data release was updated May 2023 to reflect an offset of 1 year on the original release.

This dataset represents the producing, dry holes, wildcat wells and wells that have other well type categories other than the ones mentioned previously in Louisiana. These wells were used to create gas and oil field polygons. The field polygons include discovery data, number of producing wells in the field, average measured depth of those well, total gas and oil production from 1977-2014, gas oil ratio (GOR), and field type. Also, included is a table with historic gas and oil production from 1977-2014.

This data set has estimated Canadian monthly production data by province. The Canada Energy Regulator estimates production based on provincial data. The estimated production is also available at this page: https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/en/data-analysis/energy-commodities/crude-oil-petroleum-products/statistics/estimated-production-canadian-crude-oil-equivalent.html.

Crude Oil Production in Austria decreased to 8.60 BBL/D/1K in March from 9 BBL/D/1K in February of 2025. This dataset provides - Austria Crude Oil Production - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Supply and disposition characteristics such as production (fuels include heavy crude, synthetic crude, etc.), input to refineries, exports and others. The data are available at the national and provincial levels. Not all combinations necessarily have data for all years.