Wellington Park No. 1 Well was drilled to a depth of 12,011 feet in the Gippsland Basin, Victoria, between December 1961 and April 1962. The operation included mud logging, coring, cuttings examination, and electric logging, but encountered no significant shows of oil or gas. The well penetrated Quaternary, Tertiary, and Mesozoic sediments before being plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.
Use Cases
- Analyze stratigraphic sequences based on described Quaternary, Tertiary, and Mesozoic sediment layers
- Study drilling engineering and logging practices from the 1960s based on the comprehensive program mentioned
- Evaluate formation test results based on the intervals between 7348 and 9930 feet
- Research subsidized petroleum exploration based on the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959 mentioned
Strengths
- Total depth of 12,011 feet provides a detailed vertical profile
- Drilling dates (6th December 1961 to 3rd April 1962) offer precise temporal context
- Stratigraphic intervals are specified with depths (e.g., Quaternary from surface to 120 feet)
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 conducted by Oil Drilling and Exploration Limited for Woodside (Lakes Entrance) Oil Company No Liability
- Time Range
- 1961-1962
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 01:35:43.295292; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia