A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to New Mexico - moving sand needed for hydraulic fracturing. Atlas Energy Solutions claims the conveyor belt is the second-largest in the world. (AP Video: Julio Cortez)

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

Name: This 'Dune' isn't fiction. It's the longest conveyer belt in the US and moving sand in Texas.
Uploaded: 2025-03-12T16:59:04.775Z
Duration: 56 s
Description: A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to New Mexico - moving sand needed for hydraulic fracturing. Atlas Energy Solutions claims the conveyor belt is the second-largest in the world. (AP Video: Julio Cortez)

A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to New Mexico - moving sand needed for hydraulic fracturing. Atlas Energy Solutions claims the conveyor belt is the second-largest in the world. (AP Video: Julio Cortez)