Nineteen oil fields in Renville and western Bottineau Counties, North Dakota, produce or have produced from the Mission Canyon (Mississippian) Formation. The production is primarily stratigraphic and occurs within five distinct and mappable sedimentary cycles herein named, in ascending order: Wayne beds, Glenburn beds, Mohall beds, Sherwood beds, and Bluell beds. Proper recognition and use of this cycle framework are essential for interpreting the sedimentary history of the Mission Canyon, Structural, isopachous, and lithofacies studies can outline optimum areas to seek production within each unit.

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