Wellington Park No. 1 Well was drilled in the Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia, by Oil Drilling and Exploration Limited for Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Company NL. The well reached a total depth of 12,011 feet between December 1961 and April 1962, with a program of mud logging, coring, and electric logging conducted. No significant oil or gas shows were encountered, and the well was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.
Use Cases
- Analyze stratigraphic column composition based on described Quaternary, Tertiary, and Mesozoic sediment intervals.
- Study drilling engineering and logging program results from a dry exploration well.
- Research subsidized petroleum exploration under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959.
Strengths
- Total depth of 12,011 feet provides a detailed subsurface profile.
- Specific drilling dates (December 1961 to April 1962) and location details offer precise historical context.
- Description includes detailed stratigraphy from surface to Lower Cretaceous/Jurassic strata.
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/temporal bias inherent to data_gov_au.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Drilling operation with mud logging, coring, cuttings examination, and electric logging.
- Time Range
- 1961-12-06 to 1962-04-07
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-23 00:48:12.052988; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia, south-eastern shore of Lake Wellington.