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

Drilling data from the Wandagee No. 1 well, located in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia, collected between 25th April and 12th June, 1962. The well was drilled by Oil Drilling and Exploration for West Australian Petroleum Pty Limited to a total depth of 3521 feet, with a full programme of logging, testing, and coring. The primary objective was to investigate the stratigraphy and oil potential of Devonian and older rocks on the Wandagee Ridge.

Use Cases

• Stratigraphic correlation based on described geological formations like the Gneudna Formation and Tumblagooda Sandstone.
• Assessing hydrocarbon potential based on recorded gas traces in the marine siltstone unit.
• Historical analysis of drilling operations subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959-1961.
• Geological modeling of the Wandagee Ridge structure using depth and formation data.

Strengths

• Specific temporal coverage from 25 April to 12 June 1962.
• Detailed depth measurements for geological formations, such as the Tumblagooda Sandstone encountered from 2660 to 3521 feet.
• Description of a full programme of logging, testing, and coring undertaken.

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 report.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au.

Collection Method

Drilling, logging, testing, and coring operations conducted on-site.

Time Range

25 April 1962 to 12 June 1962.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-17 02:27:47.127900; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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