Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	May 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Allowance for doubtful accounts		$ 0	$ 0
Bad debt expense		0	0
Financing fees incurred			122,230	1,741,976
Amortization of financing cost		1,390,924	906,292
Written down on oil and gas properties				10,100,000
Sale of shallow wells	2,600,000
Asset impairment charge		0	0
Current portion of the asset retirement obligation		0	0
Asset retirement obligation, Liabilities held for sale			388,005	388,005
Net operating loss carry forwards		63,600,000
Net operating loss expiration		Various dates through 2033
Current income tax benefit (expense)		0	0
Income tax benefit recorded by offsetting NOLs or Alternative Minimum Tax against valuation allowance description		No tax benefit has been recorded in the consolidated financial statements for the remaining NOLs or Alternative Minimum Tax ("AMT") credit since the potential tax benefit is offset by a valuation allowance of the same amount.
Valuation allowance		100.00%
Material unrecognized tax benefits		0	0
Tax penalties		0	0
Open Tax years		2010
Material imbalances		0	0
Total share-based compensation expense		959,823	1,241,701
Morgan Stanley [Member]
Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Financing fees incurred					4,806,656
Oppenheimer & Co., Inc [Member]
Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Financing fees incurred						$ 401,625
Marcellus Shale Wells [Member]
Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Asset retirement obligation amortization period		40 years
Minimum [Member] | Vehicles, Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Asset retirement obligation amortization period		5 years
Minimum [Member] | Pipelines and Other Related Equipment [Member]
Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Asset retirement obligation amortization period		10 years
Maximum [Member] | Vehicles, Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Asset retirement obligation amortization period		10 years
Maximum [Member] | Pipelines and Other Related Equipment [Member]
Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Asset retirement obligation amortization period		25 years