Notes Payable (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Feb. 29, 2012 Prima Oil Company, Inc. [Member]	Jul. 31, 2010 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2008 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Jun. 22, 2007 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member] Stout #2H, Groves #1H and Lucey #1H [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member] Marcellus Shale [Member]	Apr. 30, 2011 ASD Credit Agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 ASD Credit Agreement [Member] acre Well	Feb. 29, 2012 ASD Credit Agreement [Member]	Jun. 30, 2011 Sixth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Sixth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Sixth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Eighth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]
Notes Payable (Textual) [Abstract]
Credit facility, face amount									$ 30,000,000					$ 50,000,000
Senior secured revolving credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity								30,000,000
Credit facility, maturity date					Jun. 15, 2010											Jun. 30, 2012		Apr. 30, 2012
Borrowing amount repaid				15,000,000								5,000,000
Repurchase of profit interest							1,780,404
Line of credit, fees and interest							539,835
Line of credit, forbearance fees						725,000									725,000
Warrants period					5 years
Line of credit, accrued interest															139,748		1,245,697
Line of credit, borrowing outstanding						17,320,239	17,320,239								18,184,978	0	14,290,936
Line of credit principal amount outstanding					125,000
Line of credit, accrued interest, legal and administrative fees																557,226
Line of credit, interest rate																12.00%
Percentage of owned subsidiaries			100.00%
Overriding royalty interest										1.50%	1.50%
ASD Credit Agreement, initiation date													Feb. 29, 2012
ASD Credit Agreement, closing date													Apr. 26, 2012
Number of gas wells in which the company owns working interest gross													13
Number of gas wells in which the company owns working interest net													7.6
Marcellus leased properties area													22,000
Original issue discount	3,000,000
Administrative fee													50,000
Interest expense													166,167
Interest rate	Interest is due monthly at 10% plus the greater of 1% or the 3 month LIBOR rate
LIBOR Rate													11.00%
Warrants and rights outstanding													2,000,000
Warrants rights													19,500
Warrants exercise price													$ 263.44
ASD Stock Percentage													19.50%
Notes Payable (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Other loans outstanding	$ 51,283	$ 23,256
Productive wells, commercial production period	30 days
Maturity Date	Feb. 28, 2015