Organization

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Organization

Penn Virginia Corporation (“Penn Virginia,”, “we,” “us” or “our”) is an independent oil and gas company engaged primarily in the exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) and natural gas in various domestic onshore regions of the United States with a primary focus in Texas, and to a lesser extent, the Mid-Continent, Mississippi and the Marcellus Shale in Appalachia.