Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Raed Alahmdi

Bodong Li

Abrar Alshaikh

A microchip deployment system for a well includes a drilling fluid pump, a drilling fluid pipe extending from the drilling fluid pump into the well, and a microchip deployment mechanism provided on the drilling fluid pipe. The microchip deployment mechanism comprises a housing and a spherical valve. The housing has an input opening and an output opening. The spherical valve is rotatably arranged within the housing, and the spherical valve comprises a microchip pocket. The spherical valve is rotatable within the housing from a receiving position to a deploying position, wherein the microchip pocket is proximate to the input opening when in the receiving position, and wherein the microchip pocket is proximate to the output opening when in the deploying position.

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Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Raed Alahmdi