Notes Payable (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	7 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Feb. 29, 2012 Prima Oil Company, Inc. [Member]	Jul. 31, 2010 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2010 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Sep. 22, 2007 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member] Stout #2H, Groves #1H and Lucey #1H [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member] Marcellus Shale [Member]	Apr. 30, 2011 ASD Credit Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 ASD Credit Agreement [Member] Well	Sep. 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]	Sep. 30, 2012 Sixth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 Sixth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Eighth Amendment [Member] CIT Capital USA Inc. [Member]
Notes Payable (Textual) [Abstract]
Credit facility, face amount								$ 30,000,000						$ 50,000,000
Credit facility, maturity date						Sep. 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		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																1.50%
Percentage of owned subsidiaries			100.00%
Overriding royalty interest									1.50%	1.50%
ASD Credit Agreement, closing date													Apr. 26, 2012
Number of gas wells in which the company owns working interest gross												13	13
Number of gas wells in which the company owns working interest net												7.6	7.6
Marcellus leased properties area													22,000
Original issue discount	3,000,000
Administrative fee												50,000	50,000
Interest expense												250,000	416,667
Interest rate	Interest is due monthly at 10% plus the greater of 1% or the 3 month LIBOR rate
LIBOR Rate												1.00%	1.00%
Warrants and rights outstanding												2,000,000	2,000,000
Warrants rights												19,500	19,500
Warrants exercise price													$ 263.44
ASD Stock Percentage													19.50%
Maximum offering price of common shares sold to reduce warrant strike price													$ 1.63
Notes Payable (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Other loans outstanding	$ 45,289	$ 33,529
Productive wells, commercial production period	30 days
Maturity Date	Feb. 28, 2015