A detailed summary of the Geltwood Beach No. 1 Well drilled in the Otway Basin, South Australia. The well was drilled by Drilling Contractors (Australia) Pty Ltd for Beach Petroleum No Liability to a depth of 12,300 feet between August and November 1963. It contains results from a full program of logging, testing, and coring, concluding with the well being plugged and abandoned as a dry hole.
Use Cases
- Analyze stratigraphic sequences based on described sediment layers from Recent to Cretaceous periods.
- Study hydrocarbon exploration outcomes based on recorded gas traces and drillstem test results.
- Model subsurface geology based on the well's location on the Geltwood Anticline and its penetration of the Merino Group.
- Research historical drilling operations subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act.
Strengths
- Contains specific drilling dates (22 August 1963 to 10 November 1963) and total depth (12,300 feet).
- Describes a full program of logging, testing, and coring undertaken.
- Provides detailed stratigraphic column with thicknesses for sediment layers.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last updated 2026-06-16 23:28:20.454975; freshness should be verified.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Drilling, logging, testing, and coring operations.
- Time Range
- 1963-08-22 to 1963-11-10
- Freshness
- 2026-06-16 23:28:20.454975
- Geography
- Otway Basin, approximately 7.5 miles south-west of Millicent, South Australia.