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Commitments (Details) (USD $)
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Nov. 01, 2012
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Sep. 30, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Sep. 25, 2014
Reed Litigation [Member]
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Jul. 30, 2010
Reed Litigation [Member]
defendant
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Sep. 30, 2014
Reed Litigation [Member]
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Jul. 30, 2010
Reed Litigation [Member]
Individual Counterparty [Member]
plaintiff
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Jul. 30, 2010
Reed Litigation [Member]
Limited Liability Company [Member]
plaintiff
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Sep. 30, 2014
Misdemeanor Violation of Clean Water Act [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2014
Chairman [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2014
Chief Executive Officer [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2014
Executive Officer [Member]
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Mar. 11, 1997
WCBB [Member]
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Sep. 30, 2014
WCBB [Member]
well
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Mar. 11, 1997
WCBB [Member]
Minimum [Member]
well
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Oct. 27, 2014
Fine [Member]
Misdemeanor Violation of Clean Water Act [Member]
Subsequent Event [Member]
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Oct. 27, 2014
Community Service [Member]
Misdemeanor Violation of Clean Water Act [Member]
Subsequent Event [Member]
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| Commitments [Line Items] | |||||||||||||||||
| Purchasing Remaining Percent Interest In Oil And Gas Property | 50.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Payments Held For Restricted Cash | $ 18,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Significant Plugging Commitment Minimum Number Of Wells To Be Plugged | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tenure Of Minimum Wells To Be Plugged | 20 years | ||||||||||||||||
| Plugging And Abandonment Escrow Account | 3,097,000 | 3,105,000 | |||||||||||||||
| Number Of Wells Plugged | 404 | ||||||||||||||||
| Employment Agreement, Term | 3 years | ||||||||||||||||
| Employment Agreement, Subsequent Extension | 1 year | ||||||||||||||||
| Employment Agreement, Notice Period Allowed For Termination | 90 days | ||||||||||||||||
| Other Commitment | 600,000 | 600,000 | 1,000,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Number of defendants | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| Number of plaintiffs | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Payments of settlements, fines and restitution | 16,000,000 | 1,125,000 | 375,000 | ||||||||||||||
| Additional settlement agreement amount to be paid | 2,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Accrual for legal settlements | $ 18,000,000 | $ 1,500,000 | |||||||||||||||