Otway Basin, South Australia, contains data from the Mount Salt No. 1 well drilled by Reading and Bates (Australia) Pty Ltd for Oil Development No Liability. The well reached 10,044 feet between May 9 and September 21, 1962, with logging, testing, and coring performed. Traces of crude oil and a gas show were recorded, and the operation was subsidized under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act from 980 feet to total depth.
Use Cases
- Correlating stratigraphic formations based on the described Oligocene, Eocene-Palaeocene, and Cretaceous sediment sequences.
- Analyzing petroleum potential based on recorded traces of crude oil and gas shows from specific intervals.
- Evaluating drilling and testing program effectiveness based on details of the five attempted drillstem tests.
- Studying subsidized exploration operations under the Petroleum Search Subsidy Act 1959-1961.
Strengths
- Well depth and drilling dates are precisely recorded: 10,044 feet from May 9 to September 21, 1962.
- Specific geological intervals and formations are described, such as the Knight Group and correlations to Paaratte and Waarre formations.
- Detailed operational results are noted, including a successful drillstem test retrieving 4070 feet of saline water.
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 and temporal bias inherent to a single historical well report.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Drilling, logging, testing, and coring undertaken at the well site.
- Time Range
- 1962
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-16 09:36:53.233540; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Otway Basin, approximately twelve miles south-west of Mount Gambier, South Australia