Trial Set for Ex-BP Executive Accused of Obstructing Probe

A federal trial is set to begin in New Orleans for a former BP executive accused of obstructing a congressional investigation into the 2010 Gulf oil spill

A BP petrol station in Manchester, England, on July 27, 2010. ANDREW YATES/AFP/Getty Images

NEW ORLEANS—A federal trial is set to begin in New Orleans for a former BP executive accused of obstructing a congressional investigation into the 2010 Gulf oil spill.

David Rainey has pleaded not guilty to charges that he obstructed the investigation, and that he made false statements about his calculations of the rate at which oil was flowing from BP’s Macondo well.

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