Wellington Park No. 1 Well: Drilling Summary and Stratigraphy for Gippsland Basin

Wellington Park No. 1 Well was an exploratory oil well drilled in the Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia. The well reached a total depth of 12,011 feet between December 1961 and April 1962, penetrating Quaternary, Tertiary, and Mesozoic sediments. It was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole after a comprehensive logging program found no significant oil or gas shows.

Use Cases

• Analyze stratigraphic column composition based on described sediment layers from surface to 12,011 feet.
• Study drilling engineering and logging outcomes based on the described program of mud logging, coring, and electric logging.
• Model subsurface geology in the Gippsland Basin based on the detailed depth intervals for Quaternary, Tertiary, and Mesozoic sediments.
• Research the effectiveness of historical petroleum exploration subsidies based on the mention of the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959.

Strengths

• Specific total depth of 12,011 feet is documented.
• Exact drilling dates from 6th December 1961 to 3rd April 1962 are provided.
• Detailed stratigraphic intervals (e.g., 120 feet of Quaternary, 3370 feet of Tertiary) are listed.

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

Time Range

Drilling operations from 06 December 1961 to 07 April 1962.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-05 06:38:18.214190; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia, approximately 25.5 miles south-west of Bairnsdale.