A conveyor belt more than 40 miles long runs from tiny Kermit, Texas, across state borders into Lea County, New Mexico.

A new, record-breaking conveyor belt is changing how sand is transported for hydraulic fracturing across the southwest United ...

Dust from the West is making its way into North Texas, and it’s not just a nuisance for your windshield. These winds bring more than just dirt -- they’re carrying fine particles that can impact air ...

A new, 42-mile conveyer belt which moves sand from Texas to New Mexico has become the biggest in the country after it was ...

Atlas Energy Solutions, a Texas-based oil field company, has installed a 42-mile long (67 kilometers) conveyer belt to transport millions of tons of sand for hydraulic fracturing. The belt the ...

This 'Dune' Isn't Fiction. It's the Longest Conveyer Belt in the US and Moving Sand in Texas KERMIT, Texas (AP) — It's longer than the width of Rhode Island, snakes across the oil fields of the ...

A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt filled with sand stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to New Mexico, all for the purpose of one mission: oil production KERMIT, Texas -- It's longer ...

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) A 42-mile conveyor belt by Atlas Energy ...