Supplemental Oil and Natural Gas Disclosures Unaudited (Details 3)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Oil Reserves [Member]
Oil and natural gas prices
Oil and natural gas prices	96.19	79.43	61.18
Gas Reserves [Member]
Oil and natural gas prices
Oil and natural gas prices	4.16	4.40	3.87

The revenues derived from sales of oil or gas in each geographic area during the reporting period divided by the number of barrels of oil produced or thousands of cubic feet of gas produced.

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