Acquisitions (Details) (USD $)
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5 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |
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Jul. 31, 2011
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Sep. 30, 2012
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Wexford Capital Lp [Member]
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Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||
Affiliates Participation Percentage in Acquisition of Leases | 50.00% | |
Utica Shale [Member]
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Business Acquisition [Line Items] | ||
Gas and oil acreage, undeveloped, gross | 128,000 | |
Gas and oil acreage, undeveloped, net | 64,000 | |
Cash price of ownership interest | $ 205.8 | |
Equity offered for the payment of acquisition, shares | 6.2 |
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Affiliates Participation Percentage in Acquisition of Leases No definition available.
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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Undeveloped acreage is considered to be those lease acres on which wells have not been drilled or completed to a point that would permit the production of commercial quantities of oil and gas regardless of whether or not such acreage contains proved reserves. Gross acreage is an acre in which a working interest is owned. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Undeveloped acreage is considered to be those lease acres on which wells have not been drilled or completed to a point that would permit the production of commercial quantities of oil and gas regardless of whether or not such acreage contains proved reserves. Net acres is the sum of the fractional interest owned based on working interests or other economic arrangements. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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The cash outflow to purchase long lived physical asset for use in the normal oil and gas operations and to purchase mineral interests in oil and gas properties not intended for resale. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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