Southwest Bairnsdale No. 1 Well: Geological Drilling Summary from Gippsland Basin

The Southwest Bairnsdale No. 1 Well dataset details a stratigraphic and hydrocarbon exploration well drilled in the Gippsland Basin, Victoria. The well was drilled 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, reaching a total depth of 3926 feet. It achieved its objectives of obtaining stratigraphic data and testing hydrocarbon potential, finding no shows of hydrocarbons and 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 the results of formation tests and the absence of shows mentioned in the description.
• Study the effectiveness of government subsidy programs for petroleum exploration based on the mention of the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act.
• Model subsurface geology based on the described depths and lithologies encountered in the well.

Strengths

• Specific drilling dates (January 8 to February 14, 1963) and total depth (3926 feet) are provided.
• The geological objectives and detailed results, including formation depths and test outcomes, are explicitly documented.
• The data source is a formal report from the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The data is historical (1963) and may not reflect current geological models.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network

Collection Method

Drilling operation with a full programme of coring and logging.

Time Range

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

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 02:41:47.734890; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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