Mount Salt No. 1 Well Drilling And Stratigraphy Report

Mount Salt No. 1 Well in South Australia's Otway Basin was drilled to a depth of 10,044 feet between May and September 1962 by Reading and Bates for Oil Development No Liability. The dataset documents a full program of logging, testing, and coring undertaken to test the petroleum potential of Cretaceous sediments. It was subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act and is provided by the Australian Ocean Data Network.

Use Cases

• Correlating stratigraphic units like the Paaratte Formation or Waarre Formation using depth intervals (e.g., 590 to 3260 feet).
• Analyzing hydrocarbon shows, such as the gas recorded from 9830 to 9848 feet and traces of crude oil from core analysis.
• Evaluating drilling test results, like the successful drillstem test from 9813 to 9892 feet that recovered 4070 feet of saline water.
• Studying the lithology sequence described, including Upper Cretaceous sands, siltstones, and clays from approximately 3260 feet to total depth.

Strengths

• Detailed operational timeline spanning from May 9 to September 21, 1962.
• Specific depth measurements provided, including total depth of 10,044 feet and subsidized depth from 980 feet.
• Contains results from multiple data collection methods: logging, testing, coring, and drillstem tests.

Limitations

• Unknown row count and sample size for quantitative analysis.
• Data is historical, from 1962, and may not reflect current geological understanding.
• Stratigraphic correlations below the Knight Group are noted as not clearly defined.

Provenance

Source

Australian Ocean Data Network.

Collection Method

Data collected during the drilling, logging, testing, and coring operation at Mount Salt No. 1 Well.

Time Range

1962-05-09 to 1962-09-21.

Freshness

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Geography

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