Patent ID: 8672037

Claim:
A method for removing a plug from a subsea installation, the method comprising the steps of: deploying an intervention package comprising at least one valve, pipe rams, and a lubricator into a subsea environment and latching the intervention package to the subsea installation; lowering a stroking tool into the intervention package by conveyance from a surface facility; grabbing the stroking tool with the pipe rams that form a part of the intervention package, wherein the stroking tool comprises a stroking piston capable of a linear stroking movement within a housing of the stroking tool; once the stroking tool is held by the pipe rams, activating the stroking tool to stroke in an upwards or downwards direction to remove the plug positioned in the subsea installation; and once the plug has been removed by the stroking tool, pulling the stroking tool out of the intervention package and retrieving the stroking tool and plug at surface, wherein the stroking tool is lowered into the intervention package with the stroking piston in an extended position, and wherein prior to the step of grabbing the stroking tool with the pipe rams, the method further comprises the step of: mating the stroking tool to the plug.