Local Government
Exmouth
Region
Gascoyne
Charles Knife Rd, Cape Range National Pk Exmouth
Exmouth
Gascoyne
Constructed from 1954
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Cape Range No 2 Oil Well has historical and scientific heritage significance. The site is an example of remote locations where oil exploration took place. The well produced gas and provides an example of how wells were capped during the early period of oil exploration in Australia, tRefer Place Record Form No 10).
There is little visible evidence of Cape Range No 2 oil well as the rig was a mobile one and was removed from the site when the well was capped off at the completion of drilling.
The Cape Range No 2 Oil Well is one of a scries of wells drilled in the Exmouth area in the early 1950s by Ampol Exploration, operating under the name West Australian Petroleum Pty Ltd (WAPET). When oil flowed at the Rough Range No 1 Well in 1953 hopes of significant oil finds were high. Although the oil proved of insufficient commercial value. Ampol continued exploration in the region and were rewarded when commercial quantities of oil were discovered on Barrow Island in 1964. For more detailed Historical Notes on Cape Range No 2 Oil Well refer to the notes on Place Record Form No 2 (Cape Range No / Oil Well) and Place Record Form No in (Rough Range No I Oil Well).
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| "Oil strike at Exmouth Gulf in Australia's Hertage". Vol 7 part 93 |
Other Built Type
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| Original Use | MINING | Other |
| Present Use | VACANT\UNUSED | Vacant\Unused |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Resource exploitation & depletion |
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