Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Industry segment results

Industry segment results for the year ended December 31, 2013 are:

	Marcellus Shale		Coalbed Methane		Shallow Oil and Gas			Other Gas			Total Gas			Thermal		Low Volatile Metallurgical		High Volatile Metallurgical		Other Coal			Total Coal		All Other			Corporate, Adjustments & Eliminations			Consolidated
Sales—outside	$	251,846	$	335,730	$	131,135		$	18,990		$	737,701		$	1,388,005	$	447,417	$	159,888	$	22,757		$	2,018,067	$	259,783		$	—		$	3,015,551	(A)
Sales—purchased gas	—		—		—			6,531			6,531			—		—		—		—			—		—			—			6,531
Sales—gas royalty interests	—		—		—			63,202			63,202			—		—		—		—			—		—			—			63,202
Freight—outside	—		—		—			—			—			—		—		—		35,438			35,438		—			—			35,438
Intersegment transfers	—		—		—			3,167			3,167			—		—		—		—			—		127,553			(130,720		)	—
Total Sales and Freight	$	251,846	$	335,730	$	131,135		$	91,890		$	810,601		$	1,388,005	$	447,417	$	159,888	$	58,195		$	2,053,505	$	387,336		$	(130,720	)	$	3,120,722
Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes	$	79,439	$	81,392	$	(17,829	)	$	(144,616	)	$	(1,614	)	$	375,787	$	121,285	$	40,500	$	(201,048	)	$	336,524	$	(47,468	)	$	(241,367	)	$	46,075	(B)
Segment assets											$	6,334,468											$	4,187,285	$	293,486		$	578,428		$	11,393,667	(C)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization											$	229,562											$	218,414	$	13,146		$	—		$	461,122
Capital expenditures											$	968,607											$	458,653	$	68,796		$	—		$	1,496,056

(A) Included in the Coal segment are sales of $495,242 to Xcoal Energy & Resources and $346,424 to Duke Energy each comprising over 10% of sales.

(B) Includes equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates of $17,346, $14,684 and $1,102 for Coal, Gas and All Other, respectively.

(C) Includes investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates of $20,512, $206,060 and $65,103 for Coal, Gas and All Other, respectively.

Industry segment results for the year ended December 31, 2012 are:

	Marcellus Shale		Coalbed Methane		Shallow Oil and Gas			Other Gas			Total Gas		Thermal		Low Volatile Metallurgical		High Volatile Metallurgical		Other Coal			Total Coal		All Other		Corporate, Adjustments & Eliminations			Consolidated
Sales—outside	$	134,080	$	379,595	$	135,412		$	9,733		$	658,820	$	1,430,912	$	505,670	$	210,153	$	22,890		$	2,169,625	$	294,105	$	—		$	3,122,550	(D)
Sales—purchased gas	—		—		—			3,316			3,316		—		—		—		—			—		—		—			3,316
Sales—gas royalty interests	—		—		—			49,405			49,405		—		—		—		—			—		—		—			49,405
Freight—outside	—		—		—			—			—		—		—		—		107,079			107,079		—		—			107,079
Intersegment transfers	—		—		—			1,622			1,622		—		—		—		—			—		142,014		(143,636		)	—
Total Sales and Freight	$	134,080	$	379,595	$	135,412		$	64,076		$	713,163	$	1,430,912	$	505,670	$	210,153	$	129,969		$	2,276,704	$	436,119	$	(143,636	)	$	3,282,350
Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes	$	29,546	$	125,970	$	(13,390	)	$	(102,675	)	$	39,451	$	396,748	$	210,133	$	57,163	$	(72,417	)	$	591,627	$	10,997	$	(235,388	)	$	406,687	(E)
Segment assets											$	5,768,882										$	4,104,981	$	363,676	$	2,760,055		$	12,997,594	(F)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization											$	202,956										$	211,831	$	12,328	$	—		$	427,115
Capital expenditures											$	532,636										$	662,888	$	49,973	$	—		$	1,245,497

(D) Included in the Coal segment are sales of $382,843 to Xcoal Energy & Resources comprising over 10% of sales.

(E) Includes equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates of $17,318, $9,562 and $168 for Coal, Gas and All Other, respectively.

(F) Includes investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates of $19,517, $143,876 and $59,437 for Coal, Gas and All Other, respectively.

Industry segment results for the year ended December 31, 2011 are:

	Marcellus Shale		Coalbed Methane		Shallow Oil and Gas			Other Gas			Total Gas		Thermal		Low Volatile Metallurgical		High Volatile Metallurgical		Other Coal			Total Coal		All Other		Corporate, Adjustments & Eliminations			Consolidated
Sales—outside	$	118,973	$	462,677	$	155,444		$	11,370		$	748,464	$	1,495,480	$	1,071,570	$	324,377	$	66,333		$	2,957,760	$	284,783	$	—		$	3,991,007	(G)
Sales—purchased gas	—		—		—			4,344			4,344		—		—		—		—			—		—		—			4,344
Sales—gas royalty interests	—		—		—			66,929			66,929		—		—		—		—			—		—		—			66,929
Freight—outside	—		—		—			—			—		—		—		—		175,633			175,633		—		—			175,633
Intersegment transfers	—		—		—			3,303			3,303		—		—		—		—			—		194,857		(198,160		)	—
Total Sales and Freight	$	118,973	$	462,677	$	155,444		$	85,946		$	823,040	$	1,495,480	$	1,071,570	$	324,377	$	241,966		$	3,133,393	$	479,640	$	(198,160	)	$	4,237,913
Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes	$	41,566	$	185,761	$	(14,732	)	$	(82,811	)	$	129,784	$	421,683	$	692,249	$	129,119	$	(210,354	)	$	1,032,697	$	3,408	$	(292,963	)	$	872,926	(H)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization											$	206,821										$	214,285	$	9,471	$	—		$	430,577
Capital expenditures											$	664,612										$	472,591	$	41,172	$	—		$	1,178,375

(G) Included in the Coal segment are sales of $655,596 to Xcoal Energy & Resources comprising over 10% of sales.

(H)     Includes equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates of $19,629, $4,231 and $803 for Coal, Gas and All Other, respectively.

Segment Reporting, Revenue Reconciling Item [Line Items]

Reconciliation of Operating Profit (Loss) from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Earnings Before Income Taxes:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2011
Segment Earnings Before Income Taxes for total reportable business segments	$	334,910		$	631,078		$	1,162,481
Segment Earnings Before Income Taxes for all other businesses	(47,468		)	10,997			3,408
Interest income (expense), net and other non-operating activity (I)	(226,199		)	(228,804		)	(258,308		)
Transaction and Financing Fees (I)	—			—			(14,907		)
Evaluation fees for non-core asset dispositions (I)	(15,168		)	(6,584		)	(5,780		)
Loss on debt extinguishment	—			—			(16,090		)
Lease Settlement	—			—			2,122
Earnings Before Income Taxes	$	46,075		$	406,687		$	872,926

Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Revenue and Other Income:

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
Total segment sales and freight from external customers	$	3,120,722	$	3,282,350	$	4,237,913
Other income not allocated to segments (Note 4)	178,963		395,176		139,132
Total Consolidated Revenue and Other Income	$	3,299,685	$	3,677,526	$	4,377,045

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

Enterprise-Wide Disclosures:

CONSOL Energy's Revenues by geographical location (J):

	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011
United States (K)	$	2,999,674	$	2,898,341	$	3,460,871
Europe	83,878		187,313		366,384
South America	29,787		169,591		400,307
Canada	3,575		5,692		10,351
Other	3,808		21,413		—
Total Revenues and Freight from External Customers (K)	$	3,120,722	$	3,282,350	$	4,237,913

Schedule of Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Individual Foreign Countries by Country [Table Text Block]

CONSOL Energy's Property, Plant and Equipment by geographical location are:

	December 31,
	2013		2012
United States	$	9,431,238	$	8,487,614
Canada	11,024		20,444
Discontinued Operations	—		1,682,909
Total Property, Plant and Equipment, net	$	9,442,262	$	10,190,967

Reconciliation of Assets and Liabilities from Segment to Consolidated

Total Assets:	December 31,
	2013		2012
Segment assets for total reportable business segments	$	10,521,753	$	9,873,863
Segment assets for all other businesses	293,486		363,676
Items excluded from segment assets:
Cash and other investments (I)	321,992		19,252
Recoverable income taxes	10,705		—
Deferred tax assets	211,303		84,777
Bond issuance costs	34,428		41,775
Discontinued Operations	—		2,614,251
Total Consolidated Assets	$	11,393,667	$	12,997,594

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(I) Excludes amounts specifically related to the gas segment.