Cain Burdeau

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

BP: Cost of 2010 Gulf Spill $61.6B

The company issued the estimate Thursday, the first time it has put a total cost on the catastrophe.

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Water-Sucking Makes City Sink

The groundwater sucked up by industrial facilities such as a power plant, oil refineries and chemical complexes may be contributing to the problem.

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigates major industrial accidents. It is concluding a long-running probe into the catastrophic blowout of a BP well six years ago in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 workers and injured many others.

Offshore Drilling Needs New Rules

Industry officials have complained that the proposed changes are not practical would cost billions of dollars more than projected.

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Judge: BP Not to Pay Oil Industry Losses from Moratorium

A federal judge ruled that BP does not have to pay for economic losses other businesses suffered when the federal government shut down deep-water drilling in the wake of BP's catastrophic 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.