Organization	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
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Organization	Organization Penn Virginia Corporation (together with its consolidated subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires, “Penn Virginia,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the onshore exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) and natural gas. Our current operations consist primarily of drilling unconventional horizontal development wells in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. We also have less significant operations in Oklahoma, primarily the Granite Wash.

Organization

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Penn Virginia Corporation (together with its consolidated subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires, “Penn Virginia,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is an independent oil and gas company engaged in the onshore exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) and natural gas. Our current operations consist primarily of drilling unconventional horizontal development wells in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. We also have less significant operations in Oklahoma, primarily the Granite Wash.