Segment Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Dec. 31, 2013

Dec. 31, 2012

Industry segment results for the year ended December 31, 2014 are:



	Marcellus Shale		Utica Shale		Coalbed Methane		Other Gas			Total Gas		PA Operations		VA Operations		Other Coal			Total Coal		All Other			Corporate, Adjustments & Eliminations			Consolidated
Sales—outside	$	473,141	$	88,195	$	344,842	$	121,939		$	1,028,117	$	1,616,989	$	297,088	$	179,344		$	2,093,421	$	234,987		$	—		$	3,356,525	(A)
Sales—purchased gas	—		—		—		8,999			8,999		—		—		—			—		—			—			8,999
Sales—gas royalty interests	—		—		—		82,428			82,428		—		—		—			—		—			—			82,428
Freight—outside	—		—		—		—			—		16,767		616		10,765			28,148		—			—			28,148
Intersegment transfers	—		—		2,458		—			2,458		—		—		—			—		78,229			(80,687		)	—
Total Sales and Freight	$	473,141	$	88,195	$	347,300	$	213,366		$	1,122,002	$	1,633,756	$	297,704	$	190,109		$	2,121,569	$	313,216		$	(80,687	)	$	3,476,100
Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes	$	151,617	$	41,064	$	91,672	$	(94,639	)	$	189,714	$	426,540	$	11,608	$	(30,701	)	$	407,447	$	(32,821	)	$	(381,216	)	$	183,124	(B)
Segment assets										$	7,364,185	2,014,636		360,422		1,732,703			$	4,107,761	$	15,089		$	272,495		$	11,759,530	(C)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization										$	314,381	$	162,367	$	47,021	$	45,526		$	254,914	$	1,896		$	—		$	571,191
Capital expenditures										$	1,103,656	$	340,282	$	26,654	$	13,375		$	380,311	$	9,458		$	—		$	1,493,425


(A)	Included in the Coal segment are sales of $394,849 to Duke Energy and sales of $344,617 to Xcoal Energy Resources each comprising over 10% of sales.


(B)	Includes equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates of $32,216, $18,913 and $(1,338) for E&P, Coal, and All Other, respectively.


(C)	Includes investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates of $121,721 and $27,544 for E&P and Coal, respectively.

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



	Marcellus Shale		Utica Shale			Coalbed Methane		Other Gas			Total Gas			PA Operations		VA Operations		Other Coal			Total Coal		All Other			Corporate, Adjustments & Eliminations			Consolidated
Sales—outside	$	251,846	$	4,370		$	335,730	$	145,755		$	737,701		$	1,357,337	$	450,033	$	254,061		$	2,061,431	$	216,419		$	—		$	3,015,551	(D)
Sales—purchased gas	—		—			—		6,531			6,531			—		—		—			—		—			—			6,531
Sales—gas royalty interests	—		—			—		63,202			63,202			—		—		—			—		—			—			63,202
Freight—outside	—		—			—		—			—			17,779		4,010		13,649			35,438		—			—			35,438
Intersegment transfers	—		—			3,168		—			3,168			—		—		—			—		127,553			(130,721		)	—
Total Sales and Freight	$	251,846	$	4,370		$	338,898	$	215,488		$	810,602		$	1,375,116	$	454,043	$	267,710		$	2,096,869	$	343,972		$	(130,721	)	$	3,120,722
Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes	$	79,462	$	(3,980	)	$	81,260	$	(158,356	)	$	(1,614	)	$	310,467	$	89,470	$	(55,544	)	$	344,393	$	(17,201	)	$	(279,503	)	$	46,075	(E)
Segment assets											$	6,334,468		$	1,982,195	$	389,372	$	1,976,717		$	4,348,284	$	132,487		$	578,428		$	11,393,667	(F)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization											$	231,809		$	120,754	$	54,725	$	51,160		$	226,639	$	2,674		$	—		$	461,122
Capital expenditures											$	968,607		$	404,293	$	21,265	$	29,520		$	455,078	$	72,371		$	—		$	1,496,056


(D)	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.


(E)	Includes equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates of $14,684, $18,045 and $403 for E&P, Coal, and All Other, respectively.


(F)	Includes investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates of $206,060, $80,849 and $1,750 for E&P, Coal, and All Other, respectively.

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



	Marcellus Shale		Utica Shale			Coalbed Methane		Other Gas			Total Gas		PA Operations		VA Operations		Other Coal		Total Coal		All Other		Corporate, Adjustments & Eliminations			Consolidated
Sales—outside	$	134,080	$	400		$	379,595	$	144,745		$	658,820	$	1,323,679	$	505,682	$	391,310	$	2,220,671	$	243,059	$	—		$	3,122,550	(G)
Sales—purchased gas	—		—			—		3,316			3,316		—		—		—		—		—		—			3,316
Sales—gas royalty interests	—		—			—		49,405			49,405		—		—		—		—		—		—			49,405
Freight—outside	—		—			—		—			—		50,901		35,838		20,340		107,079		—		—			107,079
Intersegment transfers	—		—			1,622		—			1,622		—		—		—		—		142,014		(143,636		)	—
Total Sales and Freight	$	134,080	$	400		$	381,217	$	197,466		$	713,163	$	1,374,580	$	541,520	$	411,650	$	2,327,750	$	385,073	$	(143,636	)	$	3,282,350
Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes	$	29,546	$	(2,127	)	$	125,970	$	(113,938	)	$	39,451	$	337,681	$	176,765	$	94,119	$	608,565	$	26,194	$	(267,523	)	$	406,687	(H)
Segment assets											$	5,768,882	1,766,144		425,010		2,142,332		$	4,333,486	$	135,170	$	2,760,056		$	12,997,594	(I)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization											$	205,149	$	119,082	$	48,491	$	52,063	$	219,636	$	2,330	$	—		$	427,115
Capital expenditures											$	532,636	$	489,874	$	126,421	$	79,763	$	696,058	$	16,803	$	—		$	1,245,497

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

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

(I) Includes investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates of $143,876, $78,454, and $500 for E&P, Coal, 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,
	2014			2013			2012
Segment Earnings Before Income Taxes for total reportable business segments	$	597,161		$	342,779		$	648,016
Segment Earnings Before Income Taxes for all other businesses	(32,821		)	(17,201		)	26,194
Interest (expense), net (I)	(223,564		)	(219,198		)	(220,042		)
Evaluation fees for non-core asset dispositions (I)	(9,785		)	(15,168		)	(6,584		)
Loss on debt extinguishment	(95,267		)	—			—
Other non-operating activity (I)	(52,600		)	(45,137		)	(40,897		)
Earnings Before Income Taxes	$	183,124		$	46,075		$	406,687

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

Revenue and Other Income:



	For the Years Ended December 31,
	2014		2013		2012
Total segment sales and freight from external customers	$	3,476,100	$	3,120,722	$	3,282,350
Other income not allocated to segments (Note 4)	207,103		111,483		113,170
Gain on sale of assets	43,601		67,480		282,006
Total Consolidated Revenue and Other Income	$	3,726,804	$	3,299,685	$	3,677,526

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,
	2014		2013		2012
United States	$	3,354,581	$	2,999,674	$	2,898,341
Europe	91,340		83,878		187,313
South America	21,685		29,787		169,591
Canada	8,494		3,575		5,692
Other	—		3,808		21,413
Total Revenues and Freight from External Customers (K)	$	3,476,100	$	3,120,722	$	3,282,350

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,
	2014		2013
United States	$	10,151,448	$	9,431,238
Canada	11,024		11,024
Total Property, Plant and Equipment, net	$	10,162,472	$	9,442,262

Reconciliation of Assets and Liabilities from Segment to Consolidated



Total Assets:	December 31,
Total Assets:	2014		2013
Segment assets for total reportable business segments	$	11,471,946	$	10,682,752
Segment assets for all other businesses	15,089		132,487
Items excluded from segment assets:
Cash and other investments (I)	147,210		321,992
Recoverable income taxes	20,401		10,705
Deferred tax assets	66,569		211,303
Bond issuance costs	38,315		34,428
Total Consolidated Assets	$	11,759,530	$	11,393,667

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

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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