Oil by itself won't spatter, that's caused by water cooking off. Butter will spit because it's got water in it. Reused fry oil and things like that can also, be

Oil by itself won't spatter, that's caused by water cooking off. Butter will spit because it's got water in it. Reused fry oil and things like that can also, because they tend to have some fried food bits holding moisture still in there. But just pure oil no.