Wandagee No. 1 Well: Drilling Log and Stratigraphic Analysis for the Carnarvon Basin, 1962

A 1962 drilling operation from April 25th to June 12th, the Wandagee No. 1 well was drilled to 3521 feet in Western Australia's Carnarvon Basin. The dataset, published by Geoscience Australia, contains results from a full program of logging, testing, and coring to investigate the stratigraphy and oil potential of Devonian and older rocks. It records geological formations penetrated, traces of gas observed, and results from four drillstem tests.

Use Cases

• Modeling basin stratigraphy based on the described sequence of Cretaceous, Devonian, Silurian, and Ordovician formations.
• Assessing hydrocarbon potential in historical exploration areas based on recorded gas shows and water test results.
• Studying the geological structure of the Wandagee Ridge based on the well's siting and penetration depths.
• Researching subsidized petroleum exploration under the 1959-1961 Petroleum Search Subsidy Act.

Strengths

• Provides precise operational details including a total depth of 3521 feet and exact drilling dates from April to June 1962.
• Contains specific stratigraphic data, listing formations like the Gneudna Formation and Tumblagooda Sandstone with their encountered depths.
• Documents a full program of logging, testing, and coring, suggesting a methodical data collection process.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for quantitative analysis.
• Data is presented in PDF/HTML formats, likely requiring extraction for computational use.

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

1962-04 25 to 1962-06-12

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 18:26:22.129402; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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