Notes Payable (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		7 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Apr. 26, 2012 Prima Oil Company, Inc. [Member]	Apr. 30, 2012 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Jul. 31, 2010 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Sep. 22, 2007 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member] Stout #2H, Groves #1H and Lucey #1H [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member] Marcellus Shale [Member]	Apr. 30, 2011 ASD Credit Agreement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 ASD Credit Agreement [Member] acre Well	Feb. 28, 2013 ASD Credit Agreement [Member]	Apr. 26, 2012 ASD Credit Agreement [Member]	Feb. 29, 2012 ASD Credit Agreement [Member]	Mar. 31, 2011 Sixth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Sixth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Sixth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Sixth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Eighth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]
Notes Payable (Textual) [Abstract]
Credit facility, face amount										$ 30,000,000					$ 75,000,000	$ 50,000,000	$ 50,000,000
Credit facility, maturity date								Sep. 15, 2010													Mar. 31, 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, borrowing outstanding							17,320,239		17,320,239									18,184,978		14,290,936
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, accrued interest, legal and administrative fees																			557,226
Line of credit principal amount outstanding					125,000
Line of credit, interest rate																					1.50%
Overriding royalty interest											1.50%	1.50%
ASD Credit Agreement, closing date														Apr. 26, 2012
Percentage of owned subsidiaries				100.00%
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														7.60
Marcellus leased properties area														22,000
Administrative fee														50,000
Interest expense														705,882
LIBOR Rate														1.00%
Debt instrument interest rate														10.00%
Debt instrument LIBOR Rate														11.00%
Debt instrument percentage of contingent interest on non compliance of debt covenant														1.00%
Warrants and rights outstanding														2,000,000
Warrants Rights														19,500
ASD Stock Percentage														19.50%
Warrants exercise price														$ 263.44
Notes Payable (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Productive wells, commercial production period		30 days
Original issue discount	0	0
Interest rate		Interest is due monthly at 10% plus the greater of 1% or the 3 month LIBOR rate
Maturity Date		Feb. 28, 2015
Principal balance and interest expense	500,000	25,000,000
Contingent interest provision	500,000	500,000
Other loans outstanding	$ 39,791	$ 39,791	$ 33,529