"18 times 6+ hrs is at least 4.5 days just to pump-out prior to...

"18 times 6+ hrs is at least 4.5 days just to pump-out prior to actual sampling, excluding RIH and POOH time....QED "

Your time calculations are faulted:

- we have 18 bottles on site and you're assuming they will be only filling one bottle at each station. I've noted on numerous occasions that it's usual to take duplicate samples at critical stations
- For a number of reasons it's more likely they'll run 12 bottles in a single run rather than all 18.
- where has your 6+ hours figure for every station come from?
- I stated the following "Average run time for an MDT in sampling mode (12 MPSR/SPMC) was about 20 hours....longest run would have been close to 30 hours. Some of those runs were in some fairly low perm reservoir. The longest I've pumped on a station would be around 6-7 hours.
- The Saturn probe is on site and will be most likely run with the conventional probe which means if a pretest with the normal probe indicates low mobility they have the option of switching to the Saturn probe for sampling.
- It's been my experience that if there are going to be any hole or cable issues they'll manifest themselves very early in the run.