Derivative Instrument and Hedging Activities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Derivative Instruments in Statement of Financial Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the fair value amounts of the Company’s asset and liability derivative instruments and their location reported in the consolidated balance sheets:

	Fair Value
	Asset Derivatives				Liability Derivatives
Balance Sheet Location	December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013		December 31, 2014		December 31, 2013
Economic Hedges:
Interest rate contracts:
Price risk management liabilities	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	10
Non-current price management liabilities	—		—		—		15
Total	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	25

Derivatives Effect On Income Table

The following table summarizes the location and amount (excluding income tax effects) of derivative instrument gains and losses reported in the Company’s consolidated financial statements:

	Successor									Predecessor
	Year Ended December 31, 2014			Year Ended December 31, 2013			Period from Acquisition (March 26, 2012) to December 31, 2012			Period from January 1, 2012 to March 25, 2012
Cash Flow Hedges:
Interest rate contracts:
Change in fair value – increase in accumulated other comprehensive income	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	6
Reclassification of unrealized loss from accumulated other comprehensive income – increase of interest expense	—			—			—			8
Commodity contracts — Gathering and Processing:
Change in fair value – increase (decrease) in accumulated other comprehensive income	—			(3		)	(6		)	5
Reclassification of unrealized gain from accumulated other comprehensive income	—			—			1			2
Economic Hedges:
Interest rate contracts:
Change in fair value — increase (decrease) in interest expense	(7		)	29			12			—
Commodity contracts:
Change in fair value — decrease in deferred natural gas purchases	—			(7		)	(32		)	(2		)