Hedging Program and Derivatives (Details) (USD $)											9 Months Ended																1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Derivative Assets - Current [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Derivative Assets - Current [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Derivative Assets - Noncurrent [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Derivative Assets - Noncurrent [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Derivative Liabilities - Current [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Derivative Liabilities - Current [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Derivative Liabilities - Noncurrent [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Derivative Liabilities - Noncurrent [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil – WTI 2014 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil – WTI 2015 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil – WTI 2016 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil – WTI 2017 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil - Brent 2014 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil - Brent 2015 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil - Brent 2016 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil - Brent 2017 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil - LLS 2014 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil - LLS 2015 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil - LLS 2016 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Oil - LLS 2017 [Member] bbl	Sep. 30, 2014 Natural Gas - NYMEX 2014 [Member] Mcf	Sep. 30, 2014 Natural Gas - NYMEX 2015 [Member] Mcf	Sep. 30, 2014 Natural Gas - NYMEX 2016 [Member] Mcf	Sep. 30, 2014 Natural Gas - NYMEX 2017 [Member] Mcf	Oct. 31, 2014 Subsequent event Oil - Brent
Oil and Gas Delivery Commitments and Contracts [Line Items]
Daily Volume (Bbl / Mcf)											1,586	921	948	493	0	125	0	0	98	0	0	0	3,101	1,450	0	0
Swap Price (per Bbl / per Mcf)											90.74	85.00	84.10	84.18	0.00	96.78	0.00	0.00	101.26	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.10	4.08	0.00	0.00
Monetization of derivative contracts																											$ 100,000
Derivatives, Fair Value [Line Items]
Fair value of commodity derivative contract	1,600,000
Impact of derivative contracts on balance sheet [Abstract]
Derivative asset – current	332,000	85,000	332,000	85,000
Derivative asset - noncurrent	7,000	925,000			7,000	925,000
Derivative assets, Total	339,000	1,010,000
Derivative liability – current	924,000	2,728,000					924,000	2,728,000
Derivative liability - noncurrent	1,024,000	2,274,000							1,024,000	2,274,000
Derivative liabilities, Total	$ 1,948,000	$ 5,002,000