KERMIT, Texas (AP) — 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.

They considered a swarm of drones, helicopters hauling buckets, and a pipeline carrying a sand-and-water slurry. But a conveyor belt was deemed the least expensive and most reliable option.

The belts should be carefully selected and installed with high precision. Otherwise, major consequences could include jams, bucket failures and broken elements. New Ammeraal Beltech conveyor belts ...

It's a new sight: the longest conveyer belt in America. Atlas Energy Solutions, a Texas-based oil field company, has installed a 42-mile long (67 kilometers) conveyer belt to transport millions of ...

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 ...

It’s a new sight: the longest conveyer belt in America. Atlas Energy Solutions, a Texas-based oil field company, has installed a 42-mile long (67 kilometers) conveyer belt to transport millions ...

The conveyor belt, with a freight capacity of 13 tons (11.79 metric tonnes), was designed to bypass and trudge alongside traffic. Innovation isn't new to the oil and gas industry, nor is the idea ...