Gas Reserves (Details) - USD ($)		6 Months Ended
		Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015
Gas Reserves [Abstract]
Total cumulative gas reserves investment		$ 188,000,000
Encana Gas reserves investment		178,000,000
Cumulative gross investment Jonah Wells		10,000,000
Additional Jonah Wells rate per therm		0.4725
Gas Reserves, Current		15,707,000	$ 17,094,000	$ 18,214,000
Gas Reserves Noncurrent Gross		171,834,000	170,453,000	169,288,000
Gas Reserves Amortization		63,548,000	55,901,000	47,933,000
Total Gas Reserves	[1]	123,993,000	131,646,000	139,569,000
Deferred Taxes Related To Gas Reserves		26,737,000	27,203,000	27,357,000
Net Gas Reserves Investment	[1]	97,256,000	104,443,000	112,212,000
Total gas reserves investment Jonah Wells		7,300,000	8,000,000	8,800,000
Gas reserves investment Jonah Wells, net of tax		$ 2,600,000	$ 4,300,000	$ 7,900,000

[1] Our investment in additional wells included in total gas reserves was $7.3 million ($2.6 million net of deferred taxes), $8.8 million ($7.9 million net of deferred taxes) and $8.0 million ($4.3 million net of deferred taxes) at June 30, 2016 and 2015 and December 31, 2015, respectively.