The Australian Financial Review | Jury Acquits Ex-BP Exec Of Lying In Oil Spill NPR The verdict for David Rainey, the company's former head of exploration for the Gulf of Mexico, on a false statements charge deals yet another blow to a Justice Department task force that was created to deliver a reckoning for the largest oil spill in U ... BHP's David Rainey not guilty in 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster Ex-BP exec David Rainey not guilty of lying in oil spill BP executive acquitted of lying about Gulf of Mexico oil spill |