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Derivative Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
1 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
May 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Feb. 29, 2012
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Line Items]        
Derivative assets   164,878,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssets $ 5,382,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssets  
7.25% Senior Notes due 2019        
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Line Items]        
Debt hedged by interest rate derivatives 0.00%us-gaap_PercentageOfDebtHedgedByInterestRateDerivatives
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= pva_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
    33.33%us-gaap_PercentageOfDebtHedgedByInterestRateDerivatives
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= pva_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
Annual interest rate   7.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= pva_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
  7.25%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= pva_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
Cash proceeds from termination of interest rate swap 1,200,000pva_ProceedsFromTerminationOfInterestRateSwaps
/ us-gaap_DebtInstrumentAxis
= pva_SeniorNotesDue2019Member
     
Commodity contracts        
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Line Items]        
Derivative assets   164,900,000us-gaap_DerivativeAssets
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
   
Number of derivative counterparties   7pva_NumberOfDerivativeCounterparty
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
   
Commodity contracts | Credit Concentration Risk        
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Line Items]        
Number of derivative counterparties   5pva_NumberOfDerivativeCounterparty
/ us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis
= us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember
/ us-gaap_DerivativeInstrumentRiskAxis
= us-gaap_CommodityContractMember
   
Commodity contracts | Natural Gas        
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Line Items]        
Third-party quoted forward prices   NYMEX Henry Hub gas    
Commodity contracts | Crude Oil        
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Line Items]        
Third-party quoted forward prices   West Texas Intermediate crude oil