Pipeline systems and methods

A method of transporting a fluid comprising:

• providing a self-regulating pressure pipe for increasing a rate of a fluid flow of a fluid and configured to respond to the volume of the fluid or the viscosity of the fluid by decreasing or increasing the pressure within the self-regulating pressure pipe, the pipe having a cylindrical inner wall forming an axially positioned central passageway having an upstream portion and a downstream portion for the fluid flow through the central passageway, the self-regulating pressure pipe comprising:
• a first plurality of spaced, arcuate vanes of substantially constant width disposed within the pipe and having a first end and a second end, the first end fixedly attached to the inner wall of the self-regulating pressure pipe, and the second end free and spaced inwardly from the first end, the arcuate vanes projecting inwardly from the interior wall and formed into a first helical spiral, the curvature of the arcuate vanes being substantially the same as the curvature of the inner wall, the arcuate vanes configured to impart a swirling tangential component to the fluid flow such that a vortex having a low pressure bore forms in the center of the central passageway, thereby increasing an axial velocity of the fluid flow as the fluid moves through the bore of the central passageway from the upstream portion to the downstream portion, with the proviso that there is no component that impedes or restricts the fluid flow through the central passageway, the low pressure bore having the capability of expanding or contracting in response to the volume of fluid or the viscosity of the fluid flowing through the central passageway, thereby decreasing or increasing the pressure within the self-regulating pressure pipe;
• adding or injecting the fluid into the upstream portion of the central passageway;
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• allowing the fluid to flow through the central passageway, forming a vortex having a low pressure bore in the center of the central passageway, thereby increasing an axial velocity of the fluid flow as the fluid moves through the bore of the central passageway from the upstream portion to the downstream portion, thereby increasing the axial velocity of the fluid and transporting the fluid through the self-regulating pressure pipe.