Kai sits down with Marketplace's Scott Tong to talk fracking.

Fracked oil wells decline in output quickly — requiring more fracked wells

The market for cleaning up the briny waste water is likely to grow dramatically.

On Veterans Day, we look at Kai's time in the Navy and post-9/11 casualty rates.

Denton, a college town in the middle of the oil patch, overwhelmingly votes against more fracking.

Energy companies that need to borrow to keep drilling could be hurt by low prices

Some states tax oil production much more than other states

The small community could set a precedent for the future of drilling in Texas.

Residents of a Texas town are apprehensive about sludge pits planned in their community.

A plant took on an outsize importance in the fracking world and created huge price swings.