Odessa American

This ‘Dune’ isn’t fiction. It’s the longest conveyer belt in the US and moving sand in Texas

KERMIT, Texas It’s longer than the width of Rhode Island, snakes across the oil fields of the southwest U.S. and crawls at 10 mph – too slow for a truck and too long for a train. It’s a new sight: the ...
clickondetroit.com

This 'Dune' isn't fiction. It's the longest conveyer belt in the US and moving sand in Texas

KERMIT, Texas – It's longer than the width of Rhode Island, snakes across the oil fields of the southwest U.S. and crawls at 10 mph – too slow for a truck and too long for a train. Atlas Energy ...
Courthouse News Service

This 'Dune' isn't fiction. It's the longest conveyor belt in the US and moving sand in Texas

A 42-mile conveyor belt by Atlas Energy carries sand needed for hydraulic fracturing Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Kermit, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) KERMIT, Texas (AP) — It’s longer than the width ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

This 'Dune' isn't fiction. It's the longest conveyer belt in the US and moving sand in Texas | U.S. | gjsentinel.com

When moving sand by truck became a nuisance, an unprecedented and risky investment opportunity arose: constructing a $400 million machine to streamline the production of hydraulic fracturing. The ...