Payload deployment tools and methods of using same

A method of operating a payload deployment tool, the method comprising:

• providing the payload deployment tool, including:
• a housing having a coupler configured to couple to a fluid delivery conduit,
• a pressure chamber in communication with the coupler,
• a plurality of payload chambers in communication with the pressure chamber, each of the payload chambers having an upstream opening and a downstream opening,
• a plurality of upstream pressure-rupturable seals respectively covering the upstream openings, each of the upstream pressure-rupturable seals having a unique pressure rating,
• a plurality of downstream pressure-rupturable seals respectively covering the downstream openings, and
• a plurality of payloads respectively positioned within the plurality of payload chambers,
• attaching the fluid delivery conduit to the coupler of the payload deployment tool;
• operating a fluid source to pump a fluid into the fluid delivery conduit;
• lowering the payload deployment tool into a well to a first stage of the well;
• raising a pressure of the fluid to a level sufficient to rupture a first one of the upstream pressure-rupturable seals covering a first one of the payload chambers to deploy a first one of the plurality of payloads into the well;
• moving the payload deployment tool to a second stage of the well;
• inserting a sphere within the fluid delivery conduit to seal the first one of the payload chambers;
• and
• raising a pressure of the fluid to a level sufficient to rupture a second one of the upstream pressure-rupturable seals covering a second one of the payload chambers to deploy a second one of the plurality of payloads into the well.