Hedging Program and Derivatives (Details) (USD $)													3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2014 Commodity Price Derivatives [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Commodity Price Derivatives [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Commodity Price Derivatives [Member] Derivative Assets - Current [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Commodity Price Derivatives [Member] Derivative Assets - Current [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Commodity Price Derivatives [Member] Derivative Assets - Noncurrent [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Commodity Price Derivatives [Member] Derivative Assets - Noncurrent [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Commodity Price Derivatives [Member] Derivative Liabilities - Current [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Commodity Price Derivatives [Member] Derivative Liabilities - Current [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Commodity Price Derivatives [Member] Derivative Liabilities - Noncurrent [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Commodity Price Derivatives [Member] Derivative Liabilities - Noncurrent [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil – WTI 2014 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil – WTI 2015 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil – WTI 2016 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil – WTI 2017 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil - Brent 2014 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil - Brent 2015 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil - Brent 2016 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil - Brent 2017 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil - LLS 2014 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil - LLS 2015 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil - LLS 2016 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Oil - LLS 2017 [Member] bbl	Mar. 31, 2014 Natural Gas - NYMEX 2014 [Member] Mcf	Mar. 31, 2014 Natural Gas - NYMEX 2015 [Member] Mcf	Mar. 31, 2014 Natural Gas - NYMEX 2016 [Member] Mcf	Mar. 31, 2014 Natural Gas - NYMEX 2017 [Member] Mcf
Oil and Gas Delivery Commitments and Contracts [Line Items]
Daily Volume (Bbl / Mcf)													1,510	553	948	494	0	494	0	0	98	0	0	0	3,167	1,450	0	0
Swap Price (per Bbl / per Mcf)													92.75	85.00	84.10	84.18	0.00	97.04	0.00	0.00	101.26	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.06	4.08	0.00	0.00
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of commodity derivative contract	$ 4,600,000
Impact of derivative contracts on balance sheet [Abstract]
Derivative asset – current	218,000	85,000			218,000	85,000
Derivative asset - noncurrent	547,000	925,000					547,000	925,000
Derivative assets, Total			765,000	1,010,000
Derivative liability – current	2,860,000	2,728,000							2,860,000	2,728,000
Derivative liability - noncurrent	2,510,000	2,274,000									2,510,000	2,274,000
Derivative liabilities, Total			$ 5,370,000	$ 5,002,000