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

Wandagee No. 1 Well was drilled to a total depth of 3521 feet in Western Australia's Carnarvon Basin between April and June 1962. The report details a full program of logging, testing, and coring, documenting a geological sequence from Quaternary sands down to the Silurian-Ordovician Tumblagooda Sandstone. Traces of gas were observed in a marine siltstone unit, but the well was ultimately completed as a water source for Wandagee Station.

Use Cases

• Modeling subsurface stratigraphy based on the detailed geological sequence described from surface to 3521 feet.
• Assessing historical hydrocarbon potential based on recorded gas shows and drillstem test results.
• Studying the geological structure of the Wandagee Ridge using the well's location and drilling data.

Strengths

• Detailed temporal metadata includes specific drilling start (25th April 1962) and completion (12th June 1962) dates.
• Provides precise depth measurements for geological formations, such as the Gneudna Formation at 591 feet and the gas show from 2870 to 3098 feet.
• Describes a comprehensive data collection program that included logging, testing, and coring.

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/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

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

Time Range

1962 (Drilling from 25th April to 12th June)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 07:00:48.307544; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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