Securing the well casing in place and excluding excess fluids from the wellbore by forcing cement slurry down through the casing and out up the annulus. A bond between the pipe and the formation is made after the cement sets.

n: the application of a liquid slurry of cement and water to various points inside or outside the casing.

Pumping a liquid slurry of cement, water and other additives behind a string of casing to isolate formations.

The action of binding rock, mineral and/or fossil fragments together by crystallisation of minerals from pore waters to form a harder sedimentary rock.

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