about 1 mile deep.
deep water harizon
Note that there have been many spills in the Gulf of Mexico. The BP gulf oil spill occurred about 60 miles SE of Louisiana, 130 miles SE of New Orleans.
about 50,000 miles
6,500 km2 at an estimate.
There was a 2006 BP oil spill that occurred when George W. Bush was president; but you are probably asking about the 2010 Deep Water Horizon oil spill, and yes, Barack Obama was president when that happened.
Gulf of Mexico
BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill.Otherwise known as the Deep water Horizon Spill and the Macondo Blowout, the ongoing British Petroleum oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is thought to be the worst to date.The spill began on April 20, when an oil well 1,500m below the surface blew out, causing a catastrophic explosion on BP's Deep water Horizon offshore oil drilling platform about 64 km southeast off the coast of Louisiana.Eleven workers died in the blast and another 17 were injured.
the water ones.
Gulf War oil spill: 1,360,000-1,500,000 tonsThe worst oil spill in history, the Gulf War oil spill spewed an estimated 8 million barrels of oil into the Persian Gulf after Iraqi forces opened valves of oil wells and pipelines as they retreated from Kuwait in 1991. The oil slick reached a maximum size of 101 miles by 42 miles and was five inches thick.
There was no 'gulf stream oil spill' per say. Rather, the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil spill has reached the Gulf. This spill started on 2010 April 20, reaching the gulf stream approximately in August.
Which gulf and which oil spill? See related questions.
BP is responsible for the oil spill in the gulf