10,044 feet deep, the Mount Salt No. 1 Well was drilled in 1962 to test Cretaceous sediments for petroleum. Reading and Bates (Australia) Pty Ltd drilled the well, which recorded traces of crude oil and a gas show between 9830 and 9848 feet. The stratigraphic operation was subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act from 980 feet to total depth.
Use Cases
- Analyze stratigraphic sequences based on described Oligocene, Eocene-Palaeocene, and Cretaceous sediment layers
- Evaluate petroleum potential based on recorded traces of crude oil and gas shows
- Study drilling and testing methodologies from the 1960s based on the described logging, testing, and coring program
- Correlate geological formations based on mentions of the Paaratte, Waarre, and Flaxmans Beds
Strengths
- Total depth of 10,044 feet provides a substantial vertical section for analysis
- Specific dates for drilling (9th May to 21st September 1962) and depth intervals for observations (e.g., 9830-9848 ft) are provided
- A full program of logging, testing, and coring was undertaken, suggesting detailed data collection
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, logging, testing, and coring of an exploration well.
- Time Range
- 1962
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-06-23 03:51:11.562772; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Otway Basin, approximately twelve miles south-west of Mount Gambier, South Australia