Robert Kaluza, 62, of Henderson, Nevada and Donald Vidrine 65, of Lafayette, Louisiana, in June petitioned US district judge Stanwood Duval to dismiss 23 criminal counts against both.
The UK supermajor's top officials in charge of the semi-submersible Deepwater Horizon rig were accused by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) of misinterpreting key tests and other management failures leading up to the 2010 blowout.
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