Home / Oil & Energy / Oil & Companies News / Post-COVID-19 recovery in US Scoop Stack shale play will not be able to match 2019 production, says GlobalData Post-COVID-19 recovery in US Scoop Stack shale play will not be able to match 2019 production, says GlobalData The Scoop Stack, located in Oklahoma, accounts for 4.5% of oil and 7.2% of natural gas production in the United States Lower 48. This play recorded its highest month of production in September 2019, with 604 thousand barrels of oil per day (mbd) and 7.9 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd). After September 2019, the Scoop Stack has experienced a slow decline that was exacerbated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.