Wellington Park No. 1 Well: Drilling and Stratigraphy Data from Gippsland Basin, 1961-1962

12,011 feet of drilling data from a subsidized exploration well that found no significant oil or gas. The Wellington Park No. 1 Well was drilled in Victoria, Australia, between December 1961 and April 1962, penetrating Quaternary, Tertiary, and Mesozoic sediments. Geoscience Australia Data provides the summary of drilling engineering, mud logging, coring, cuttings examination, and electric logging results.

Use Cases

• Model subsurface stratigraphy based on described sediment layers from Quaternary to Lower Cretaceous.
• Analyze drilling program effectiveness based on the described comprehensive logging and testing program.
• Study dry hole characteristics based on the reported formation tests that produced only mud filtrate and water.
• Research historical petroleum exploration subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959.

Strengths

• Drilling depth is precisely recorded at 12,011 feet.
• Temporal coverage is exact, from 6th December 1961 to 3rd April 1962.
• Stratigraphic intervals are detailed from surface to total depth.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Drilling operation with engineering, mud logging, coring, cuttings examination, and electric logging.

Time Range

1961-12-06 to 1962-04-07

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 16:58:29.915506; freshness should be verified.

Geography

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