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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Reann Philogene

$400m conveyer belt the width of Rhode Island opens in Texas to aid in fracking

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

Construction on the site was finished on March 12th, 2025 by Texas-based oil field company, Atlas Energy, and officially named "The Dune Express".

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