Related Party Transactions (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Amounts Due from and Due to Related Parties

The table below details amounts due from and due to related parties, including companies owned or controlled by Richard M. Osborne, a director of the Company and formerly its chairman and chief executive officer, at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013. These amounts are presented on the balance sheet as Related parties under Accounts receivable and Accounts payable.

	Accounts Receivable				Accounts Payable
	March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013		March 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Cobra Pipeline	$	140,315	$	131,208	$	—	$	76,909
Orwell Trumbell Pipeline		—		—		—		122,693
Great Plains Exploration		10,724		7,033		48,608		73,983
Big Oats Oil Field Supply		8,912		4,945		34,407		179,447
John D. Oil and Gas Company		139		91		86,710		82,188
OsAir		1,253		—		22,678		12,979
Lake Shore Gas		—		—		51,150		—
Other		13,293		2,948		10,353		11,734
Total related party balances		174,636		146,225		253,906		559,933
Less amounts included in discontinued operations		—		—		—		—
Total related party balances included in continuing operations	$	174,636	$	146,225	$	253,906	$	559,933

Summary of Related Parties Transactions

The tables below detail transactions with related parties, including companies owned or controlled by Richard M. Osborne, a director of the Company and formerly its chairman and chief executive officer, for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Natural Gas     Purchases		Pipeline     Construction     Purchases		Rent, Supplies, Consulting and     Other Purchases		Natural Gas Sales		Rental Income     and Other Sales
Cobra Pipeline	$	338,335	$	—	$	8,000	$	60,523	$	—
Orwell Trumbell Pipeline		295,232		—		—		1,148		—
Great Plains Exploration		217,653		—		—		9,503		1,500
Big Oats Oil Field Supply		—		254,306		88,673		3,862		850
John D. Oil and Gas Company		285,138		—		—		143		16,500
OsAir		76,496		—		6,001		2,277		6,366
Lake Shore Gas		111,210		—		—		—		—
Other		29,133		—		13,685		13,063		1,200
Total	$	1,353,197	$	254,306	$	116,359	$	90,519	$	26,416

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Natural Gas     Purchases		Pipeline     Construction     Purchases		Rent, Supplies, Consulting and     Other Purchases		Natural Gas Sales		Management and        Other Sales
John D. Oil and Gas Marketing	$	576,454	$	—	$	4,085	$	3,282	$	—
Cobra Pipeline		333,769		—		—		17,855		3,558
Orwell Trumbell Pipeline		312,535		—		—		10,547		—
Great Plains Exploration		129,436		—		—		10,546		1,773
Big Oats Oil Field Supply		—		337,550		165,213		1,940		187
John D. Oil and Gas Company		83,361		—		—		—		—
OsAir		58,289		—		18,250		—		—
Other		10,111		—		27,689		15,451		47
Total	$	1,503,955	$	337,550	$	215,237	$	59,621	$	5,565