Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $)	6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014 Rate	Mar. 31, 2014	Jul. 03, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 Maximum [Member] Rate	Jun. 30, 2014 Minimum [Member] Rate	Aug. 19, 2010 10% Senior Notes	Jun. 30, 2014 Letters of credit [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Federal Funds Effective Rate [Member] Rate	Jun. 30, 2014 Adjusted London Inter Bank Offer Rate [Member] Maximum [Member] Rate	Jun. 30, 2014 Adjusted London Inter Bank Offer Rate [Member] Minimum [Member] Rate	Jul. 03, 2013 Ten Percent Senior Notes Gulf of Mexico Acquisition	Jul. 03, 2013 Ten Percent Senior Notes Senior Notes [Member]
Long-Term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Principal amount			$ 200,000,000			$ 150,000,000						$ 200,000,000
Interest rate of Senior Notes						10.00%						10.00%
Purchase price											188,800,000
Adjusted LIBO rate is equal to the rate at which dollar deposits	11,700,000
Revolving credit facility	300,000,000						25,000,000
Borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement	72,500,000
Current borrowing base		200,000,000
Aggregate commitments of the lenders	150,000,000
At least secured percentage value of oil and gas properties	80.00%
Adjusted LIBO rate	1.00%			1.50%	0.50%			0.50%	2.50%	1.50%
Accrued in connection with the interest payment	5,000,000
Commitment fees on a sliding scale				0.50%	0.375%
Maximum ratio of total debt to EBITDAX				3.5	1.0
Repurchase Company's common stock				$ 10,000,000
Borrower's Liquidity					20.00%
Long Term Debt (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
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%.