BP says Halliburton destroyed Gulf spill evidence

British energy giant BP has accused Halliburton of intentionally destroying evidence to conceal its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster. In documents filed at a federal court in New Orleans, BP says Halliburton had destroyed evidence on cement slurry testing and refused to provide “inexplicably missing” computer modeling results, reports CNN. “Halliburton’s refusal has been unwavering, despite repeated BP discovery requests and a specific order from this Court,” CNN quotes the documents as reading. “BP has now learned the reason for Halliburton’s intransigence—Halliburton destroyed the results of physical slurry testing, and it has, at best, lost the computer modeling outputs that showed no channeling. More egregious still, Halliburton intentionally destroyed the evidence related to its non-privileged cement testing, in part because it wanted to eliminate any risk that this evidence would be used against it at trial.” CNN quotes a Halliburton spokeswoman as saying that the company was reviewing the motion but believed the allegations were “without merit.” Read the full story here.