Mount Salt No. 1 Well: Geological and Drilling Data from Otway Basin, 1962

A detailed report on the Mount Salt No. 1 Well drilled in the Otway Basin, South Australia. The well was drilled by Reading and Bates (Australia) Pty Ltd for Oil Development No Liability to a depth of 10,044 feet between May and September 1962. It includes results from logging, testing, and coring operations, documenting stratigraphy and traces of hydrocarbons.

Use Cases

• Analyzing stratigraphic sequences based on described Oligocene, Eocene-Palaeocene, and Cretaceous sediment layers.
• Modeling petroleum potential in closed structures based on photogeology and structure drilling program details.
• Studying historical drilling and testing outcomes based on the results of five drillstem tests and core analyses.
• Correlating geological formations based on mentions of the Paaratte Formation, Waarre Formation, and Flaxmans Beds.

Strengths

• Provides precise drilling details, including a total depth of 10,044 feet and exact dates from May 9 to September 21, 1962.
• Contains specific geological observations, such as a 3260-foot sequence of Oligocene and Eocene-Palaeocene sediments.
• Documents hydrocarbon indicators, including traces of crude oil from core analysis and a gas show from 9830 to 9848 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 as a single historical well report.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network via data_gov_au

Collection Method

Drilling, logging, testing, and coring operations subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959-1961.

Time Range

Drilling operations from May 9, 1962 to September 21, 1962.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-10 21:24:10.938641; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Otway Basin, approximately twelve miles south-west of Mount Gambier, South Australia.