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Poolowanna No. 3 Oil Well (Abandoned) - SA

The well head Sept 2015

How old wells are used

Plaque at well head

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -26.415422 137.669037

DMS: 26º 24' 55.52" S 137º 40' 8.53" E

UTM: 53 J 7075550mN 766223mE

Altitude: 35.16m

Place Type

Recreation - Tourist Attraction

Location

948kms North of Adelaide

Address & Contact

Oodnadatta SA 5734

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Information

The Poolowanna oil field in this section of the Simpson Desert was explored in the 1960s with 3 numbered drill wells in close vicinity here. Poolowanna 1 & 3 lie alongside the track.

The oil is close to the surface but extracting it from the desert will always be the commercially limiting cost factor.

Well #3 was spudded on 5th March 1989 and took 4 weeks to reach 8823 feet or 2689 metres. Now used to monitor water quality in the Great Artesian Basin.

PlaceID	102947

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Simpson Desert Rig Road

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Birdsville at 28/12:00am EST

Distance from Poolowanna No. 3 Oil Well (Abandoned) 177km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
35.2°C	33.2°C	24%	11.6°C	1004.8hPa	0.0mm	N	13km/hr 7knots	15km/hr 8knots

Closest Climatic Station

Birdsville Airport

Distance from Poolowanna No. 3 Oil Well (Abandoned) 177km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	40.2	38.1	35.2	31.8	25.6	21.1	21.8	24.7	29.9	32.9	36.0	38.5
Mean Min. °C	26.4	24.7	21.7	17.1	11.2	7.3	7.0	8.7	13.6	17.0	21.2	23.8
Mean Rain mm	20.9	33.0	40.5	1.3	6.4	11.8	5.4	4.1	7.2	11.4	18.2	8.4