2.4.1.9 Html 174 247 1 true 68 0 false 9 false false R1.htm 0001000 - Document - Document and Entity Information Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/DocumentAndEntityInformation Document and Entity Information false false R2.htm 1001000 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/CondensedConsolidatedStatementsOfOperations CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS false false R3.htm 1002000 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/CondensedConsolidatedStatementsOfComprehensiveIncome CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME false false R4.htm 1002501 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Parenthetical) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/CondensedConsolidatedStatementsOfComprehensiveIncomeParenthetical CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Parenthetical) true false R5.htm 1003000 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/CondensedConsolidatedBalanceSheets CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS false false R6.htm 1003501 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/CondensedConsolidatedBalanceSheetsParenthetical CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) false false R7.htm 1004000 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/CondensedConsolidatedStatementsOfCashFlows CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS false false R8.htm 2101100 - Disclosure - Organization Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/Organization Organization false false R9.htm 2102100 - Disclosure - Basis of Presentation Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/BasisOfPresentation Basis of Presentation false false R10.htm 2103100 - Disclosure - Divestitures Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/Divestitures Divestitures false false R11.htm 2104100 - Disclosure - Accounts Receivable and Major Customers Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/AccountsReceivableAndMajorCustomers Accounts Receivable and Major Customers false false R12.htm 2105100 - Disclosure - Derivative Instruments Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/DerivativeInstruments Derivative Instruments false false R13.htm 2106100 - Disclosure - Property and Equipment Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/PropertyAndEquipment Property and Equipment false false R14.htm 2108100 - Disclosure - Long-Term Debt Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/LongTermDebt Long-Term Debt false false R15.htm 2110100 - Disclosure - Income Taxes Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/IncomeTaxes Income Taxes false false R16.htm 2111100 - Disclosure - Restructuring and Exit Activities Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/RestructuringAndExitActivities Restructuring and Exit Activities false false R17.htm 2112100 - Disclosure - Additional Balance Sheet Detail Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/AdditionalBalanceSheetDetail Additional Balance Sheet Detail false false R18.htm 2113100 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurements Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/FairValueMeasurements Fair Value Measurements false false R19.htm 2114100 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/CommitmentsAndContingencies Commitments and Contingencies false false R20.htm 2115100 - Disclosure - Shareholders' Equity Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/ShareholdersEquity Shareholders' Equity false false R21.htm 2117100 - Disclosure - Share-Based Compensation Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/ShareBasedCompensation Share-Based Compensation false false R22.htm 2119100 - Disclosure - Interest Expense Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/InterestExpense Interest Expense false false R23.htm 2120100 - Disclosure - Earnings per Share Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/EarningsPerShare Earnings per Share false false R24.htm 2202201 - Disclosure - Basis of Presentation (Policies) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/BasisOfPresentationPolicies Basis of Presentation (Policies) false false R25.htm 2304301 - Disclosure - Accounts Receivable and Major Customers (Tables) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/AccountsReceivableAndMajorCustomersTables Accounts Receivable and Major Customers (Tables) false false R26.htm 2305301 - Disclosure - Derivative Instruments (Tables) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/DerivativeInstrumentsTables Derivative Instruments (Tables) false false R27.htm 2306301 - Disclosure - Property and Equipment (Tables) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/PropertyAndEquipmentTables Property and Equipment (Tables) false false R28.htm 2308301 - Disclosure - Long-Term Debt (Tables) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/LongTermDebtTables Long-Term Debt (Tables) false false R29.htm 2311301 - Disclosure - Restructuring and Exit Activities (Tables) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/RestructuringAndExitActivitiesTables Restructuring and Exit Activities (Tables) false false R30.htm 2312301 - Disclosure - Additional Balance Sheet Detail (Tables) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/AdditionalBalanceSheetDetailTables Additional Balance Sheet Detail (Tables) false false R31.htm 2313301 - Disclosure - Fair Value Measurements (Tables) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/FairValueMeasurementsTables Fair Value Measurements (Tables) false false R32.htm 2315301 - Disclosure - Shareholders' Equity (Tables) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/ShareholdersEquityTables Shareholders' Equity (Tables) false false R33.htm 2317301 - Disclosure - Share-Based Compensation (Tables) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/ShareBasedCompensationTables Share-Based Compensation (Tables) false false R34.htm 2319301 - Disclosure - Interest Expense (Tables) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/InterestExpenseTables Interest Expense (Tables) false false R35.htm 2320301 - Disclosure - Earnings per Share (Tables) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/EarningsPerShareTables Earnings per Share (Tables) false false R36.htm 2403402 - Disclosure - Divestitures - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/DivestituresAdditionalInformationDetail Divestitures - Additional Information (Detail) false false R37.htm 2404402 - Disclosure - Summary of Accounts Receivable (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/SummaryOfAccountsReceivableDetail Summary of Accounts Receivable (Detail) false false R38.htm 2404403 - Disclosure - Accounts Receivable and Major Customers - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/AccountsReceivableAndMajorCustomersAdditionalInformationDetail Accounts Receivable and Major Customers - Additional Information (Detail) false false R39.htm 2405402 - Disclosure - Derivative Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/DerivativeInstrumentsAdditionalInformationDetail Derivative Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) false false R40.htm 2405403 - Disclosure - Commodity Derivative Positions (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/CommodityDerivativePositionsDetail Commodity Derivative Positions (Detail) false false R41.htm 2405404 - Disclosure - Impact of Derivative Activities on Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/ImpactOfDerivativeActivitiesOnCondensedConsolidatedStatementsOfIncomeDetail Impact of Derivative Activities on Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Detail) false false R42.htm 2405405 - Disclosure - Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/FairValueOfDerivativeInstrumentsOnCondensedConsolidatedBalanceSheetsDetail Fair Value of Derivative Instruments on Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Detail) false false R43.htm 2406402 - Disclosure - Summary of Property and Equipment (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/SummaryOfPropertyAndEquipmentDetail Summary of Property and Equipment (Detail) false false R44.htm 2408402 - Disclosure - Summary of Long-Term Debt (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/SummaryOfLongTermDebtDetail Summary of Long-Term Debt (Detail) false false R45.htm 2408403 - Disclosure - Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/LongTermDebtAdditionalInformationDetail Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail) false false R46.htm 2410401 - Disclosure - Income Taxes (Details) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/IncomeTaxesDetails Income Taxes (Details) false false R47.htm 2411402 - Disclosure - Restructuring and Exit Activities - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/RestructuringAndExitActivitiesAdditionalInformationDetail Restructuring and Exit Activities - Additional Information (Detail) false false R48.htm 2411403 - Disclosure - Summary of Restructuring Related Obligations (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/SummaryOfRestructuringRelatedObligationsDetail Summary of Restructuring Related Obligations (Detail) false false R49.htm 2412402 - Disclosure - Components of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/ComponentsOfSelectedBalanceSheetAccountsDetail Components of Selected Balance Sheet Accounts (Detail) false false R50.htm 2413402 - Disclosure - Fair Value Summary of Long-Term Debt with Fixed Interest Rates (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/FairValueSummaryOfLongTermDebtWithFixedInterestRatesDetail Fair Value Summary of Long-Term Debt with Fixed Interest Rates (Detail) false false R51.htm 2413403 - Disclosure - Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/AssetsAndLiabilitiesMeasuredAtFairValueOnRecurringBasisDetail Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Detail) false false R52.htm 2414401 - Disclosure - Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/CommitmentsAndContingenciesAdditionalInformationDetail Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) false false R53.htm 2415402 - Disclosure - Shareholders' Equity Rollforward (Details) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/ShareholdersEquityRollforwardDetails Shareholders' Equity Rollforward (Details) false false R54.htm 2415403 - Disclosure - Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/ShareholdersEquityAdditionalInformationDetail Shareholders' Equity - Additional Information (Detail) false false R55.htm 2417402 - Disclosure - Summary of Share-Based Compensation Expense (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/SummaryOfShareBasedCompensationExpenseDetail Summary of Share-Based Compensation Expense (Detail) false false R56.htm 2419402 - Disclosure - Components of Interest Expense (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/ComponentsOfInterestExpenseDetail Components of Interest Expense (Detail) false false R57.htm 2420402 - Disclosure - Components of Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail) Sheet http://www.pennvirginia.com/role/ComponentsOfCalculationOfBasicAndDilutedEarningsPerShareDetail Components of Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail) false false All Reports Book All Reports Element pva_LineOfCreditFacilityBorrowingBase had a mix of decimals attribute values: -6 0. Element us-gaap_DerivativeAssets had a mix of decimals attribute values: -5 -3. Element us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity had a mix of decimals attribute values: -6 0. Element us-gaap_RestructuringReserveNoncurrent had a mix of decimals attribute values: -5 -3. 'Monetary' elements on report '2411402 - Disclosure - Restructuring and Exit Activities - Additional Information (Detail)' had a mix of different decimal attribute values. 'Monetary' elements on report '2417402 - Disclosure - Summary of Share-Based Compensation Expense (Detail)' had a mix of different decimal attribute values. 'Shares' elements on report '2420402 - Disclosure - Components of Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Detail)' had a mix of different decimal attribute values. Process Flow-Through: 1001000 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS Process Flow-Through: 1002000 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Process Flow-Through: 1002501 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Parenthetical) Process Flow-Through: 1003000 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS Process Flow-Through: Removing column 'Mar. 31, 2014' Process Flow-Through: Removing column 'Dec. 31, 2013' Process Flow-Through: 1003501 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Parenthetical) Process Flow-Through: 1004000 - Statement - CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS Process Flow-Through: Removing column '12 Months Ended Dec. 31, 2014' pva-20150331.xml pva-20150331.xsd pva-20150331_cal.xml pva-20150331_def.xml pva-20150331_lab.xml pva-20150331_pre.xml true true