Patent ID: 7398833

Claim:
A method of running a landing string into a subsea well on a floating rig, the method comprising: providing a bowl insert having an inner portion, said inner portion having a taper of greater than 11 degrees; a slip device having dies for securing the work string within a rotary table on the rig, said slip device having an outer portion configured to fit into said inner portion of said bowl insert, said outer portion having a taper complementary of the bowl insert taper; wherein said slip device having a plurality of slots, wherein said slots having a plurality of ledges disposed therein; and wherein said dies each have shoulders, and wherein said shoulders are configured to fit within said ledges and said shoulders are capable of transferring a load from said shoulders to said ledges; attaching the landing string to a bottom hole assembly; lowering a first tubular of the landing string through the rotary table located on the floating rig and into a marine riser, said marine riser connecting said floating rig to said sub-sea tree located on the sea floor; placing the slip device into the rotary table; lowering the first tubular; engaging the dies of the slip device with the first tubular; transferring the weight of the landing string from said dies to said shoulder so that the weight of the landing string is transferred axially; transferring the weight from said shoulder to said ledge so that the weight of the landing string is transferred transversely; suspending the landing string within the rotary table; disengaging the dies from the first tubular; removing the slip device from the rotary table.