After last night, consider the cementing done.
"What does the second done refer to?" "The cementing of my distaste for you".
Then there is the cementing of the wellhead, a process which is necessarily tricky.
New rules governing the cementing and casing of wells must be strictly observed.
Halliburton did the cementing, but has not yet responded in detail to BP's report.
The cementing set to begin on Thursday will go further, by blocking up the door to the lair.
The Justice Department said Halliburton had recommended to BP, the British oil company, before the drilling that the well include 21 metal centralizing collars to stabilize the cementing.
Stable government can bring stultification, and the cementing into place of powerful forces whose interests are best served by allowing change to occur slowly, if at all.
Because no significant amount of oil has leaked since the well was tightly capped on July 15, the start of the cementing was almost anticlimactic.
The federal government raised standards for well-casings five years ago and on the cementing of wells two years after that.
However, in testimony before Congressional hearings, Halliburton executives have said that the company adhered strictly to the specifications provided by BP for the cementing of the well.
