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.

‘The Dune Express': Did you know Texas has a 42-mile long conveyor belt that moves sand? The Dune Express runs for about 12 to 14 hours a day at roughly half capacity, but the company expects it ...

The Dune Express, a $400 million project, started operating Jan. 12. It moves frac sand at a pace of about 10 mph, per Texas Monthly. An aluminum cover keeps sand from blowing away.

A sand dune is backdropped by Atlas Energy plant at the beginning of a 42-mile conveyor belt that carries sand needed for hydraulic fracturing Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Kermit, Texas.

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.

This 'Dune' isn't fiction. It's the longest conveyer belt in the US and moving sand in Texas A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt filled with sand stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to ...

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.