A former BP engineer charged with obstructing justice after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill pleaded guilty to a lesser charge on Friday and was sentenced to six months of probation, a US Justice Department spokesman said. Kurt Mix, who had been tasked by BP to analyze the flow rate of oil gushing from its blown - out Macondo well, entered his plea before US District Judge Stanwood Duval in New Orleans.
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