Aggregate commitments of the lenders.

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Borrowers liquidity .

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Debt instrument covenant maximum debt.

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Dollar deposits as basis to calculate adjusted LIBO rate.

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Line of credit facility current borrowing base.

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Minimum secured percentage value of Oil and gas properties.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Increase for accrued, but unpaid interest on the debt instrument for the period.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for the line of credit facility regardless of whether the facility has been used.

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Description of the interest rate for the amounts borrowed under the credit facility, including the terms and the method for determining the interest rate (for example, fixed or variable, LIBOR plus a percentage, increasing rate, timing of interest rate resets, remarketing provisions).

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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The cash outflow associated with the acquisition of business during the period. The cash portion only of the acquisition price.

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended			0 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2014 Rate	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jul. 03, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 Maximum Rate	Sep. 30, 2014 Minimum Rate	Sep. 30, 2014 Letters of credit	Sep. 30, 2014 Federal Funds Effective Rate Rate	Sep. 30, 2014 Adjusted London Inter Bank Offer Rate Maximum Rate	Sep. 30, 2014 Adjusted London Inter Bank Offer Rate Minimum Rate	Jul. 03, 2013 10% Senior Notes Gulf of Mexico Acquisition	Sep. 30, 2014 10% Senior Notes Senior Notes	Sep. 30, 2013 10% Senior Notes Senior Notes	Jul. 03, 2013 10% Senior Notes Senior Notes	Aug. 19, 2010 10% Senior Notes Senior Notes
Long-Term Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Principal amount				$ 200,000,000										$ 200,000,000	$ 150,000,000
Interest rate of Senior Notes												10.00%	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Purchase price											188,800,000
Adjusted LIBO rate is equal to the rate at which dollar deposits	2,900,000
Revolving credit facility	300,000,000						25,000,000
Borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement	72,500,000		75,000,000
Current borrowing base		220,000,000
Aggregate commitments of the lenders	170,000,000
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%.