CNN | How does Santa Barbara match up with other US oil spills? CNN The world's largest tanker trucks carry in the neighborhood of about 12,000 gallons, so the oil spill would fill almost nine of them. So how does that match up with previous oil spills in the United States, you ask? Well, again, if the number holds ... These Photos of Sea Creatures Soaked by Oil in California Will Break Your Heart Environmentalists Seize on Latest Santa Barbara Oil Spill Lesson of Santa Barbara oil spill: Leave petroleum in the ground |