Basis of Financial Statement Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2014
Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Financing fees incurred					$ 122,230	$ 1,741,976
Amortization of financing cost			$ 485,049	$ 204,484
Asset impairment charge			0	0
Current portion of the asset retirement obligation			0				$ 0
Net operating loss carry forwards			$ 64,900,000
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			$ 555,778	198,541
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
Stock Compensation Plan [Member]
Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total share-based compensation expense			$ 135,778	198,541
2014 Performance Payments [Member]
Basis Of Financial Statement Presentation And Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Total share-based compensation expense			$ 420,000	$ 0
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