Halliburton Admits to Destroying Evidence and Agrees to Plea Deal

On Thursday the Justice Department announced that oil service company, Halliburton, admitted to destroying evidence from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster. The company has chosen to plead guilty to a criminal charge and will face three years’ probation and a maximum fine of $200,000.

In May and June of 2010 Halliburton performed 3-D computer simulations to determine the difference between using 6 centralizers, which BP used, and 21 which Halliburton suggested the oil company use. Centralizers played a role in keeping the casing (a long, heavy metal pipe set across the area) centered in the wellbore. The simulations noted that there were no differences between using 6 or 21 centralizers. Two unidentified men ordered that the simulations be destroyed.

According to the Justice Department the Deepwater Horizon task force was unable to recover the destroyed simulations. However, the department does not intend to seek any further charges against Halliburton.

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