Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended								0 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Rate	Jul. 03, 2013	Jul. 02, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum [Member] Rate	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum [Member] Rate	Dec. 31, 2013 Letters of credit [Member]	Mar. 31, 2013 Federal Funds Effective Rate [Member] Rate	Mar. 31, 2013 Alternate Base Rate [Member] Maximum [Member] Rate	Mar. 31, 2013 Alternate Base Rate [Member] Minimum [Member] Rate	Mar. 31, 2013 Adjusted London Inter Bank Offer Rate [Member] Rate	Mar. 31, 2013 Adjusted London Inter Bank Offer Rate [Member] Maximum [Member] Rate	Mar. 31, 2013 Adjusted London Inter Bank Offer Rate [Member] Minimum [Member] Rate	Jul. 03, 2013 Ten Percent Senior Notes [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Aug. 19, 2010 Ten Percent Senior Notes [Member] Senior Notes [Member]	Jul. 03, 2013 Gulf of Mexico Acquisition [Member] Ten Percent Senior Notes [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Principal amount														$ 200,000,000	$ 150,000,000
Purchase price																188,800,000
Adjusted interest on notes payable		11,700,000
Revolving Credit facility		300,000,000					25,000,000
Adjusted LIBO rate								0.50%	1.50%	0.50%	1.00%	2.50%	1.50%
Commitment fees on a sliding scale					0.50%	0.375%
Repurchase Company's common stock					10,000,000
Maximum ratio of total debt to EBITDAX					3.5	1,000.0
Borrower's Liquidity						20.00%
Bank Debt		75,000,000
Long Term Debt (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Current borrowing base			200,000,000	150,000,000
Aggregate commitments of the lenders		150,000,000
At least secured percentage value of oil and gas properties		80.00%
Accrued in connection with the interest payment		$ 5,000,000
Agreement bear interest at the alternate base rate	Agreement bear interest at the alternate base rate (“ABR”) plus a margin (based on a sliding scale of 0.5% to 1.5% depending on total commitments) or the adjusted LIBO rate (“Eurodollar”) plus a margin (based on a sliding scale of 1.5% to 2.5% depending on total commitments). The alternate base rate is equal to the highest of (i) the JPMorgan Chase prime rate, (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5% or (iii) the adjusted LIBO rate plus 1%.