Related Party Transactions - Summary of Related Parties Transactions (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Natural Gas Purchases	$ 1,353,197	$ 1,503,955
Pipeline Construction Purchases	254,306	337,550
Rent, Supplies, Consulting and Other Purchases	116,359	215,237
Natural Gas Sales	90,519	59,621
Rental Income and Other Sales	26,416	5,565
Cobra Pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Natural Gas Purchases	338,335	333,769
Pipeline Construction Purchases
Rent, Supplies, Consulting and Other Purchases	8,000
Natural Gas Sales	60,523	17,855
Rental Income and Other Sales		3,558
Orwell Trumbell Pipeline [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Natural Gas Purchases	295,232	312,535
Pipeline Construction Purchases
Rent, Supplies, Consulting and Other Purchases
Natural Gas Sales	1,148	10,547
Rental Income and Other Sales
Great Plains Exploration [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Natural Gas Purchases	217,653	129,436
Pipeline Construction Purchases
Rent, Supplies, Consulting and Other Purchases
Natural Gas Sales	9,503	10,546
Rental Income and Other Sales	1,500	1,773
Big Oats Oil Field Supply [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Natural Gas Purchases
Pipeline Construction Purchases	254,306	337,550
Rent, Supplies, Consulting and Other Purchases	88,673	165,213
Natural Gas Sales	3,862	1,940
Rental Income and Other Sales	850	187
John D. Oil and Gas Company [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Natural Gas Purchases	285,138	83,361
Pipeline Construction Purchases
Rent, Supplies, Consulting and Other Purchases
Natural Gas Sales	143
Rental Income and Other Sales	16,500
OsAir [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Natural Gas Purchases	76,496	58,289
Pipeline Construction Purchases
Rent, Supplies, Consulting and Other Purchases	6,001	18,250
Natural Gas Sales	2,277
Rental Income and Other Sales	6,366
Lake Shore Gas [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Natural Gas Purchases	111,210
Pipeline Construction Purchases
Rent, Supplies, Consulting and Other Purchases
Natural Gas Sales
Rental Income and Other Sales
Other [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Natural Gas Purchases	29,133	10,111
Pipeline Construction Purchases
Rent, Supplies, Consulting and Other Purchases	13,685	27,689
Natural Gas Sales	13,063	15,451
Rental Income and Other Sales	1,200	47
John D. Oil and Gas Marketing [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Natural Gas Purchases		576,454
Pipeline Construction Purchases
Rent, Supplies, Consulting and Other Purchases		4,085
Natural Gas Sales		3,282
Rental Income and Other Sales