Summary Of Data And Results Gippsland Basin, Victoria Wellington Park No 1 Well Of Woodsid

Wellington Park No. 1 Well was drilled in the Gippsland Basin, Victoria, reaching a total depth of 12,011 feet between December 1961 and April 1962. The dataset, provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network, is a summary report detailing the drilling operations, stratigraphy penetrated, and formation tests conducted, which resulted in no significant shows of oil or gas. The well was subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959 from 3391 feet to total depth and was ultimately plugged and abandoned.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical drilling engineering and mud logging practices based on the described comprehensive program.
• Studying the stratigraphic sequence of Quaternary, Tertiary, and Mesozoic sediments in the basin based on the described depth intervals.
• Investigating the results of open hole formation tests for water and filtrate recovery based on the intervals between 7348 and 9930 feet.
• Researching the application and outcomes of the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959 for this specific well.

Strengths

• Report includes specific depth measurements (e.g., total depth of 12,011 feet) and stratigraphic boundaries.
• Provides precise temporal coverage with drilling commencement on 6th December 1961 and completion on 3rd April 1962.
• Documents concrete operational details, including five formation tests over specified intervals.

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 a summary report; the underlying raw geophysical logs or core samples are not specified as available.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au

Collection Method

Drilling and logging operations conducted by Oil Drilling and Exploration Limited for Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Company NL.

Time Range

1961-12-06 to 1962-04-07

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 19:46:47.025327; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia, south-eastern shore of Lake Wellington.