A former Halliburton manager was sentenced to one year of probation by a federal judge for destroying evidence in the aftermath of BP's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, The Associated Press reported.

After pleading guilty in October to one misdemeanor count of destruction of evidence, Anthony Badalamenti, 62, had faced a maximum of one year in prison at his sentencing by U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey, the AP reported.

Badalamenti of Katy, Texas, was the technology director for Halliburton Energy Services Inc., BP's cement contractor on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. He admitted to instructing two Halliburton employees to delete data "during a post-spill review of the cement job on BP's blown-out Macondo well."

As part of his probation, Badalamenti has to perform 100 hours of community service and pay a $1,000 fine.

The judge said he believe the sentence Badalamenti received was reasonable.

"I still feel that you're a very honorable man," he told Badalamenti, according to the AP. "I have no doubt that you've learned from this mistake."

In September, Halliburton cut its own deal with the Justice Department and pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge related to Badalamenti's conduct. The company agreed to pay a $200,000 fine and make a $55 million contribution to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The contribution to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation was not a condition of the deal, the AP reported.

Four current or former BP employees also have been charged in federal court with spill-related crimes, including former BP executive David Rainey, who was charged with concealing information from Congress about the amount of oil that leaked from the well before the company sealed it.

Last month, a jury convicted former BP drilling engineer Kurt Mix of trying to destroy evidence when he deleted a string of text messages to and from a BP supervisor. He faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. His sentencing is set for March 26.

Robert Kaluza and Donald Vidrine, BP well site leaders, pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges stemming from the deaths of 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon. Prosecutors said Kaluza and Vidrine disregarded abnormally high pressure readings that were glaring signs of trouble before the blowout of BP's Macondo well triggered a deadly explosion, the AP reported.