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Description
A detailed geological report for the Southwest Bairnsdale No. 1 well drilled in the Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia. The well was drilled to a total depth of 3926 feet between January 8 and February 14, 1963, by Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Company N.L. and Arco Limited. The report describes stratigraphy, sediment analysis, and hydrocarbon testing results, concluding the well was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.
Use Cases
Analyzing stratigraphic sequences based on described Tertiary, Lower Carboniferous-Upper Devonian, and granite layers.
Assessing hydrocarbon potential in pre-Tertiary sediments based on reported porosity, permeability, and gas detector readings.
Studying drilling operations and subsidized exploration under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959-1961.
Modeling subsurface geology for the Gippsland Basin based on the well's depth log and formation test data.
Strengths
Report includes specific factual details: well depth of 3926 feet and precise drilling dates from January 8 to February 14, 1963.
Description provides clear geological objectives and results, including stratigraphic layers and test outcomes.
Data provenance is clear, sourced from the Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au.
Limitations
Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
The primary data format is PDF/HTML text, which may require extraction for computational analysis.
Provenance
Source
Australian Ocean Data Network
Collection Method
Drilling operation with a full programme of coring and logging, subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act.
Time Range
Drilling occurred from January 8, 1963 to February 14, 1963.
Freshness
Last updated 2026-04-10 18:54:44.966561; freshness should be verified.
Geography
Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia, approximately 15 miles west-south-west of Bairnsdale.
Data is presented as a report in PDF/HTML format, not as a structured table; license information is unknown.