Patent ID: 8602688

Claim:
A method for sealing an interior of at least one tube ( 12 ) disposed within a semi-stiff, spoolable wellbore intervention rod ( 10 ) including a spoolable fiber exterior structure ( 11 ), said method comprising the following steps of: exposing an interior of said at least one tube ( 12 ) at a location proximate the earth's surface while the spoolable intervention rod ( 10 ) is deployed in a wellbore ( 21 ); securing the intervention rod ( 10 ) in a blow-out preventer ( 50 ) mounted on top of a wellhead by closing at least two spaced apart pipe rams onto an exterior of the intervention rod ( 10 ); injecting a curable sealing compound though an inlet located between the at least two spaced apart pipe rams; allowing the compound to cure to form a seal; and cutting the intervention rod ( 10 ) by closing one or more rams ( 54 ) having cutting means.