Oil through a pipeline moves wayyy faster than tankers. Having a pipeline in Africa is as good as having an oilfield in Africa. Pretty basic, one would have thought.
First, the oil isn't needed in Africa (who have their own oil), its needed in China. All oil leaving Venezuela that China wants has to go to China. That's the destination, the car fuel tanks inside mainland China. You planning on building a pipeline clear to China from Africa next?
Second,
Africa is full of oil. Good lord, how do you start a thread on this and not know that the only reason China is even involved in Africa now is because of its natural resources, including oil, which China is absolutely desperate for?
Third, speed of moving oil in a pipeline is immaterial when cost plays comes into play. Building and maintaining a pipeline is slow and costly, much more costly than simply loading said oil into an oil tanker and sailing it to China (which is the cheapest way of moving oil and its ultimate destination).
Fourth, nothing you wrote is basic. Don't try to play the smart guy and that everyone who doesn't understand the practicality of a trans Venezuela-Africa oil pipeline isn't smart enough to understand. You have demonstrated in this thread you have no idea at all about the basics of economics, logistics, engineering. Don't lecture and insult others on things its absolutely clear you don't understand in the slightest.
Let's say you're a person who craves cheeseburgers. You have an option of buying burgers from McDonalds and Burger King, which are located on the other side of town. The destination for any burgers purchased is your stomach. To make eating burgers easier, would you try to connect each burger joint to one another? Or to your house?