Business Segments (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Business Segments [Abstract]

Operations in different segments

Certain financial information concerning Trans Energy’s operations in different segments is as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended June 30,	Exploration and Production		Pipeline Transmission		Corporate			Total
Revenue	2012 2011	$	2,137,362 3,798,469	$	94,375 85,487	$	232,965 10,360		$	2,464,702 3,894,316
Income (loss) from operations	2012 2011		110 1,110,484		55,354 82,916		(1,343,071 (1,570,695	)  )		(1,287,607 (377,295	)  )
Interest expense	2012 2011		1,432,141 442,923		—   —		—   —			1,432,141 442,923
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion	2012 2011		741,969 1,847,662		81 2,516		—   —			742,050 1,850,178
Property and equipment acquisitions, including oil and gas properties	2012 2011		13,266,501 5,125,815		—   —		—   —			13,266,501 5,125,815

	For the Six Months Ended June 30,	Exploration and Production		Pipeline Transmission		Corporate			Total
Revenue	2012 2011	$	4,909,344 5,253,094	$	187,688 245,043	$	285,198 26,278		$	5,382,230 5,524,415
Income (loss) from operations	2012 2011		243,577 14,212,162		106,873 239,956		(2,703,613 (2,616,556	)  )		(2,353,163 11,835,562	)
Interest expense	2012 2011		1,870,855 850,117		—   —		—   —			1,870,855 850,117
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion	2012 2011		1,752,887 2,398,888		161 5,032		—   —			1,753,048 2,403,920
Property and equipment acquisitions, including oil and gas properties	2012 2011		14,340,118 12,315,380		—   —		—   —			14,340,118 12,315,380
Total assets, net of intercompany accounts:
June 30, 2012		$	76,980,229	$	37,878	$	—		$	77,018,107
December 31, 2011		$	57,994,415	$	231,202	$	—		$	58,225,817