RE: Pure speculation30 Nov 2023 21:25
Not biased at all LW certainly not as biased as your own views. I'm just considering the facts as told and not inflating an opinion to justify your pushing a raise.
The important item is the iron rough neck, a complex heavyweight item made of cast iron that in my logical view and some knowledge of parts supply would be the item that was to take the two to three weeks and as I said was clearly stated already ordered with mobilisation underway.
The other parts (hydraulic) coming from other vendors apart from perhaps some sort of control panel would be ten a penny type items readily available on many shelves around the world and the manufacturer itself has strategic parts supply in Africa and again around the world so could be flown or trucked in without great cost or time issues. The hydraulic specialist they have hired in, will be able to make up any new pipe work required and as said in the interview he/she will be working to rectify that part of the issue in parallel to the waiting for the rough neck and the rigging up expected to have started earlier this week.
I will concede that she said "we are also ordering" but that can be heard in two ways because she did NOT say we will be ordering!
Anyhow as above, I dont believe these hydraulic items will take anywhere near as long as the rough neck to arrive so that point is moot, but imo will prove irrelevant.
Even if you are right it will only add three extra days to my estimate of spud 3rd to 10th December taking it to 6th to 13th so not worth arguing over.
If you think it will be further out, then you will need to justify based on something more than you have so far. Happy to leave it there though!