2.4.0.82101100 - Disclosure - Organizationtruefalsefalse1falsefalsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0000077159duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true1us-gaap_AccountingPoliciesAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse02false2us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;"></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-indent:33px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-indent:33px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Penn Virginia Corporation (“Penn Virginia,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is an independent oil and gas company engaged primarily in the exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) and natural gas in various onshore regions of the United States. We have a geographically diverse asset base with active operations in Texas, the Mid-Continent and Mississippi. Our current operations and capital expenditures are substantially concentrated in the Eagle Ford Shale. We also have operations in the Granite Wash, Haynesville Shale, Cotton Valley and Selma Chalk plays.</font></div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Publisher AICPA
-Name Statement of Position (SOP)
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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.
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