Wandagee No. 1 Well: Stratigraphy and Hydrocarbon Analysis, Carnarvon Basin, 1962

3521 feet was the total depth drilled for the Wandagee No. 1 Well in Western Australia's Carnarvon Basin. The well, drilled by Oil Drilling and Exploration for West Australian Petroleum Pty Limited between April and June 1962, penetrated a sequence from Quaternary sands down to the Silurian-Ordovician Tumblagooda Sandstone. A full program of logging, testing, and coring was undertaken to investigate the oil potential of Devonian and older rocks.

Use Cases

• Stratigraphic correlation based on the described sequence of Cretaceous, Devonian, Silurian, and Ordovician formations.
• Hydrocarbon prospect assessment based on recorded traces of gas in the Tumblagooda Sandstone and drillstem test results.
• Basin evolution studies based on the detailed lithological and age-depth relationships from the well log.
• Historical oil exploration analysis based on the subsidized drilling operation details and stated objectives.

Strengths

• Detailed depth-specific formation contacts are recorded, such as the Gneudna Formation at 591 feet and the Tumblagooda Sandstone from 2660 feet.
• A full program of logging, testing, and coring was undertaken, suggesting comprehensive data collection for the time.
• Specific dates for drilling commencement (25 April 1962) and completion (12 June 1962) are provided.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to a single, historical well from 1962.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Drilling, logging, testing, and coring operations conducted by Oil Drilling and Exploration for West Australian Petroleum Pty Limited.

Time Range

Drilling occurred from 25 April 1962 to 12 June 1962.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:43:39.321207; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, approximately 84 miles north-east of Carnarvon.