Wellington Park No. 1 Well was 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 subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act and was plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.
Use Cases
- Analyze stratigraphic sequences based on described sediment layers from Quaternary to Lower Cretaceous.
- Study drilling engineering and logging results based on the comprehensive program of mud logging, coring, and electric logging.
- Evaluate formation test outcomes based on the three successful tests between 7348 and 9930 feet.
- Research subsidized petroleum exploration based on the mention of the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959.
Strengths
- Detailed drilling timeline from 6th December 1961 to 3rd April 1962.
- Specific stratigraphic intervals described: Quaternary (0-120 ft), Tertiary (120-3370 ft), Mesozoic (3370-12011 ft).
- Total depth of 12,011 feet and five formation tests conducted.
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 NL.
- Time Range
- 1961-1962
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-16 20:49:11.318075; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Gippsland Basin, Victoria, Australia, south-eastern shore of Lake Wellington.