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If you filled an oil tanker with water,

You can over fill any boat. Clearly, if you remove all air pockets, the boat will sink (the result would be simply steel in water, it sinks). But that is true with many fluids, not just water.

Crude oil is 10%-20% less dense than water. So, you need less volume of water to sink it than oil. Of course, I'm sure the tanks have more than a 20% safety margin. Thus, if you are talking of the tanks only, it should not sink.
 
Originally posted by: dullard
You can over fill any boat. Clearly, if you remove all air pockets, the boat will sink (the result would be simply steel in water, it sinks). But that is true with many fluids, not just water.

Crude oil is 10%-20% less dense than water. So, you need less volume of water to sink it than oil. Of course, I'm sure the tanks have more than a 20% safety margin. Thus, if you are talking of the tanks only, it should not sink.
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