Southwest Bairnsdale No. 1 Well: Gippsland Basin Drilling Summary

A detailed summary of the Southwest Bairnsdale No. 1 exploratory well drilled in the Gippsland Basin, Victoria. The well was drilled to a depth of 3926 feet by Reading and Bates (Australia) Pty Ltd for Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Company N.L. and Arco Limited between January 8 and February 14, 1963. It includes results from coring, logging, and a formation test, concluding with the well being plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.

Use Cases

• Analyze stratigraphic sequences based on described Tertiary, Lower Carboniferous-Upper Devonian, and pre-Upper Devonian granite layers
• Assess hydrocarbon potential based on reported porosity, permeability tests, and the absence of shows
• Study subsidized exploration projects under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959-1961
• Model subsurface geology using the well's location, depth, and encountered sediment types

Strengths

• Specific drilling dates (January 8 to February 14, 1963) and total depth (3926 feet) are provided
• Description includes clear geological objectives and detailed results of coring, logging, and a formation test
• Well location is precisely described as about 15 miles west-south-west of Bairnsdale

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 1963 well report

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Drilling, coring, and logging operations conducted by Reading and Bates (Australia) Pty Ltd.

Time Range

Drilling occurred from January 8, 1963 to February 14, 1963.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 05:13:32.345961; freshness should be verified

Geography

Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia, approximately 15 miles west-south-west of Bairnsdale.