OPS.14:5.1 - PumpWorks compares the same third package on one horizon
This constructed comparison runs from the start of month 1 through the end of month 2. Four test packages are ready. Each needs two rig-hours. In the supplied adverse case, one of the two packages retained in both alternatives needs one immediately available two-hour repeat and then passes. The third package passes first time in either alternative.
The two retained packages have the same costs and receipts in both alternatives, so they cancel in this incremental comparison. Their work uses the current six-hour window, including the repeat. The decision concerns when to complete the third package.
The customer permits either date below. It pays 900 currency units at the end of month 2 if the third package’s evidence meets the stated test-service acceptance criteria by day 20 of that month. Laboratory permission is supplied. Customer acceptance of this test service has its own scope; R42’s field release still requires applicable T9 evidence, S19’s safety result and release authority.
| Alternative | Work and acceptance | Payments that differ | Receipt | Net cash through month 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete now. | Extend from six to eight rig-hours in month 1; complete the two retained packages, their repeat and the third package. The third package’s evidence is accepted in month 1. | Pay 300 for extra rig access, 400 for qualified relief and 100 for consumables before the extra work in month 1: 800 total. | Receive 900 at the end of month 2. | 900 − 800 = +100. |
| Defer the third package. | Complete the two retained packages and repeat in the six-hour window. Use a confirmed two-hour spare slot on day 10 of month 2 for the third package; its evidence is accepted by day 20. | Pay 100 for consumables before the deferred test. The supplied resource account confirms that already-paid rig/staff arrangements stay unchanged and the spare slot displaces no accepted job or other foregone contribution. | Receive 900 at the end of month 2. | 900 − 100 = +800. |
Completing now minus deferring gives +100 − (+800) = −700 currency units over the stated horizon. Earlier test service costs 700 more under these assumptions. The financial comparison favors deferral; the responsible practitioner may still value earlier service enough to justify that cost if the governing conditions allow the choice.
The immediate option needs 800 before any receipt. Only 500 is currently available under the supplied cash allowance, so this option has a 300 funding gap. Its eventual +100 net cash does not fill that earlier gap. The practitioner must obtain the additional authorized funding or choose a funded alternative. The deferred option still requires its 100 payment when due.
Qualified relief preserves the original operator’s recovery and incident coverage in the proposed extension. Its 400 payment is part of making that alternative feasible. The resource owner’s access and displaced-use decision is also required. Paying the fee cannot supply either the staffing result or permission to release the product.