South Australia's Delhi-Santos Gidgealpa No. 1 Well was drilled in 1963 by Delhi Australian Petroleum Ltd and Santos Limited. It reached a total depth of 13,114 feet and was completed as a water well flowing from the Mooga Sandstone. The well provided new geological information, including the first subsurface encounter of Cambrian rocks in the Great Artesian Basin.
Use Cases
- Analyze hydrocarbon shows in Permian sequences based on the description of encountered shows
- Study lithology and correlation of Permian rocks based on comparisons with nearby wells
- Investigate Cambrian marine carbonate and dolomite formations based on the thick sequence discovered
- Evaluate drilling operations subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act based on the funding mention
Strengths
- Provides detailed drilling timeline from spudding on 28th August 1963 to completion on 6th December 1963
- Contains specific geological findings, such as a 400-foot thick porous dolomite zone in the Middle Cambrian
- Offers comparative analysis with other wells (Innamincka No. 1 and Dullingari No. 1)
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Last updated 2026-05-05 05:20:50.742825; freshness should be verified
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Drilling operation subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959-1961
- Time Range
- 1963
- Geography
- North-eastern corner of South Australia, Great Artesian Basin