Gulf spill: Ex-BP engineer indicted on obstruction charges

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Gulf spill: Ex-BP engineer indicted on obstruction charges
By Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press
Updated 11m ago

NEW ORLEANS – A former BP drilling engineer was indicted Wednesday on charges he deleted text messages that indicated the company's blown-out Gulf of Mexico well was spewing far more crude than BP was telling the public.

The indictment from a federal grand jury in New Orleans charges Kurt Mix, 50, of Katy, Texas, with two counts of obstruction of justice. Mix is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday in New Orleans, according to court records.

Mix was arrested in Texas on April 24 and freed on $100,000 bond following his initial court appearance in Houston.

The criminal charges against Mix are the first in the Justice Department's probe of the April 2010 rig explosion that killed 11 workers and spawned the nation's worst offshore oil spill.


Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/energy/story/2012-05-02/gulf-oil-spill-indictment/54706822/1

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. One down, one entire board of managers to go.

Including the chairman of the board.

[Beartracks]

2. The only thing not obstructed was the well itself... :/ n/t

[canuckledragger]

3. +1

[cstanleytech]

4. No, the well was obstructed......with oil. Lots and lots of oil.