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 Solutions, a ...

Spanning 42 miles, Atlas Energy Solutions' "Dune Express" is the longest conveyor belt in the country, cutting across oil ...

The conveyor belt, with a freight capacity of 13 tons ... but most of the it gets offloaded into silos near the Texas and New Mexico border. Along its miles-long journey, the sand is sold and ...

KERMIT, Texas — It’s longer than the width of ... it was dangerous,” he said. The conveyor belt, with a freight capacity of 13 tons, was designed to bypass and trudge alongside traffic.

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) Keeping the rollers on the belt aligned and ...

KERMIT, Texas — (AP) — It's longer than the width ... it was dangerous,” he said. The conveyor belt, with a freight capacity of 13 tons (11.79 metric tonnes), was designed to bypass and ...