Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended							0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014 Rate	Jul. 03, 2013	Jul. 02, 2012	Mar. 31, 2014 Maximum [Member] Rate	Mar. 31, 2014 Minimum [Member] Rate	Mar. 31, 2014 Letters of credit [Member]	Mar. 31, 2014 Federal Funds Effective Rate [Member] Rate	Mar. 31, 2014 Adjusted LIBOR rate [Member] Maximum [Member] Rate	Mar. 31, 2014 Adjusted LIBOR rate [Member] Minimum [Member] Rate	Mar. 31, 2014 10% Senior Notes [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 10% Senior Notes [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jul. 03, 2013 10% Senior Notes [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Aug. 19, 2010 10% Senior Notes [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jul. 03, 2013 Gulf of Mexico Acquisition [Member] 10% Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Principal amount		$ 200,000,000								$ 350,000,000	$ 350,000,000	$ 200,000,000	$ 150,000,000
Interest rate of Senior Notes										10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Purchase price														188,800,000
Adjusted LIBO rate is equal to the rate at which dollar deposits	2,900,000
Revolving Credit facility	300,000,000					25,000,000
Borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement	75,000,000
Current borrowing base			200,000,000
Aggregate commitments of the lenders	150,000,000
At least secured percentage value of oil and gas properties	80.00%
Adjusted LIBO rate	1.00%			1.50%	0.50%		0.50%	2.50%	1.50%
Accrued in connection with the interest payment	5,000,000
Commitment fees on a sliding scale				0.50%	0.375%
Maximum ratio of total debt to EBITDAX				3.5	1,000.0
Repurchase Company's common stock				$ 10,000,000
Borrower's Liquidity					20.00%
Agreement bear interest at the alternate base rate	Agreement bear interest at the alternate base rate (“ABR”) plus a margin (based on a sliding scale of 0.5% to 1.5% depending on total commitments) or the adjusted LIBO rate (“Eurodollar”) plus a margin (based on a sliding scale of 1.5% to 2.5% depending on total commitments). The alternate base rate is equal to the highest of (i) the JPMorgan Chase prime rate, (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5% or (iii) the adjusted LIBO rate plus 1%.