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How so? Unless the oil circulates to allow a maximum temperature difference between the food and the oil, transmission of energy from the heat source to the food being cooked can be slowed.
When the environment is at a fixed temperature? If anything, increased diffusion through permeation while submerged in water would decrease cooking time, but I don't think the different properties of density alone between water and oil is any more than negligible in this context.