Steve Barker wrote:
mm wrote:
OT During the pirating stories, one of them said gunfire on an oil
tanker could result in an explosion? Don't they only carry crude oil
and is it flammable?

ever see the movie "the hellfighters". That is kind of a ridiculous
question. Is crude oil flammable.....

Almost anything that's aerosolized will burn. I would
guess that an oil well blow out will burn because the
heavy oil is being turned into a mist because of the
high pressure. If I understand correctly, there may
also be natural gas mixed in with the oil. I can drop
a lit match into a pail of kerosene and it won't burn
but if I take that same kerosene and put it in a pump
sprayer, I can light the spray and make a nice fireball.

TDD