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Segment Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block] | SEGMENT INFORMATION: CONSOL Energy consists of two principal business divisions: Exploration and Production (E&P) and Coal. The principal activity of the E&P division, which includes four reportable segments, is to produce pipeline quality natural gas for sale primarily to gas wholesalers. The E&P division's reportable segments are Marcellus, Utica, Coalbed Methane, and Other Gas. The Other Gas segment is primarily related to conventional oil and gas production as well as Upper Devonian Shale, and includes the Company's purchased gas activities and general and administrative activities, as well as various other activities assigned to the Gas division but not allocated to each individual well type. The principal activities of the Coal division are mining, preparation and marketing of thermal coal, sold primarily to power generators, and metallurgical coal, sold to metal and coke producers. The Coal division includes three reportable segments, which are Pennsylvania (PA) Operations, Virginia (VA) Operations, and Other Coal. Each of these reportable segments includes a number of operating segments (which are individual mines or the type of coal sold). For the year ended December 31, 2014, the PA Operations aggregated segment includes the following mines: Bailey, Enlow Fork, and Harvey Mines and the corresponding preparation plant facilities. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the VA Operations aggregated segment includes the Buchanan Mine and the corresponding preparation plant facilities. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Other Coal segment includes, Miller Creek Complex, coal terminal operations, the Company's purchased coal activities, idled mine activities and general and administrative activities, as well as various other activities assigned to the Coal division but not allocated to each individual mine. CONSOL Energy’s All Other division includes industrial supplies (sold December 2014 - See Note 3 - Acquisitions and Dispositions) and various other corporate expenses that are not allocated to the E&P or Coal segment. In the preparation of the following information, intersegment sales have been recorded at amounts approximating market. Operating profit for each segment is based on sales less identifiable operating and non-operating expenses. Assets are reflected at the division level for E&P and are not allocated between each individual E&P segment. These assets are not allocated to each individual segment due to the diverse asset base controlled by CONSOL Energy, whereby each individual asset may service more than one segment within the division. An allocation of such asset base would not be meaningful or representative on a segment by segment basis.
Reconciliation Of Assets And Liabilities From Segment To Consolidated [Text Block] | Reconciliation of Segment Information to Consolidated Amounts: Revenue and Other Income:
|  | For the Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Total segment sales and freight from external customers |  | $ | 3,476,100 |  |  | $ | 3,120,722 |  |  | $ | 3,282,350 |
Other income not allocated to segments (Note 4) |  | 207,103 |  |  | 111,483 |  |  | 113,170 |
Gain on sale of assets |  | 43,601 |  |  | 67,480 |  |  | 282,006 |
Total Consolidated Revenue and Other Income |  | $ | 3,726,804 |  |  | $ | 3,299,685 |  |  | $ | 3,677,526 |
Earnings Before Income Taxes:
|  | For the Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Segment Earnings Before Income Taxes for total reportable business segments |  | $ | 597,161 |  |  | $ | 342,779 |  |  | $ | 648,016 |
Segment Earnings Before Income Taxes for all other businesses |  | (32,821 | ) |  | (17,201 | ) |  | 26,194 |
Interest (expense), net (I) |  | (223,564 | ) |  | (219,198 | ) |  | (220,042 | )
Evaluation fees for non-core asset dispositions (I) |  | (9,785 | ) |  | (15,168 | ) |  | (6,584 | )
Loss on debt extinguishment |  | (95,267 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Other non-operating activity (I) |  | (52,600 | ) |  | (45,137 | ) |  | (40,897 | )
Earnings Before Income Taxes |  | $ | 183,124 |  |  | $ | 46,075 |  |  | $ | 406,687 |
Total Assets: |  | December 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
Segment assets for total reportable business segments |  | $ | 11,471,946 |  |  | $ | 10,682,752 |
Segment assets for all other businesses |  | 15,089 |  |  | 132,487 |
Items excluded from segment assets: |  |  |  |
Cash and other investments (I) |  | 147,210 |  |  | 321,992 |
Recoverable income taxes |  | 20,401 |  |  | 10,705 |
Deferred tax assets |  | 66,569 |  |  | 211,303 |
Bond issuance costs |  | 38,315 |  |  | 34,428 |
Total Consolidated Assets |  | $ | 11,759,530 |  |  | $ | 11,393,667 |
_________________________ (I) Excludes amounts specifically related to the gas segment. Enterprise-Wide Disclosures: CONSOL Energy's Revenues by geographical location (J):
|  | For the Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
United States |  | $ | 3,354,581 |  |  | $ | 2,999,674 |  |  | $ | 2,898,341 |
Europe |  | 91,340 |  |  | 83,878 |  |  | 187,313 |
South America |  | 21,685 |  |  | 29,787 |  |  | 169,591 |
Canada |  | 8,494 |  |  | 3,575 |  |  | 5,692 |
Other |  | — |  |  | 3,808 |  |  | 21,413 |
Total Revenues and Freight from External Customers (K) |  | $ | 3,476,100 |  |  | $ | 3,120,722 |  |  | $ | 3,282,350 |
_________________________ (J) CONSOL Energy attributes revenue to individual countries based on the location of the customer. (K) CONSOL Energy has contractual relationships with certain U.S. based customers who distribute coal to international markets. The table above reflects the ultimate destination of CONSOL Energy coal. CONSOL Energy's Property, Plant and Equipment by geographical location are:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013
United States |  | $ | 10,151,448 |  |  | $ | 9,431,238 |
Canada |  | 11,024 |  |  | 11,024 |
Total Property, Plant and Equipment, net |  | $ | 10,162,472 |  |  | $ | 9,442,262 |
Segment Information | Industry segment results for the year ended December 31, 2014 are:
| Marcellus Shale |  | Utica Shale |  | Coalbed Methane |  | Other Gas |  | Total Gas |  | PA Operations |  | VA Operations |  | Other Coal |  | Total Coal |  | All Other |  | Corporate, Adjustments & Eliminations |  | Consolidated |
Sales—outside | $ | 473,141 |  |  | $ | 88,195 |  |  | $ | 344,842 |  |  | $ | 121,939 |  |  | $ | 1,028,117 |  |  | $ | 1,616,989 |  |  | $ | 297,088 |  |  | $ | 179,344 |  |  | $ | 2,093,421 |  |  | $ | 234,987 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,356,525 |  | (A)
Sales—purchased gas | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8,999 |  |  | 8,999 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8,999 |  |
Sales—gas royalty interests | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 82,428 |  |  | 82,428 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 82,428 |  |
Freight—outside | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 16,767 |  |  | 616 |  |  | 10,765 |  |  | 28,148 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 28,148 |  |
Intersegment transfers | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,458 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,458 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 78,229 |  |  | (80,687 | ) |  | — |  |
Total Sales and Freight | $ | 473,141 |  |  | $ | 88,195 |  |  | $ | 347,300 |  |  | $ | 213,366 |  |  | $ | 1,122,002 |  |  | $ | 1,633,756 |  |  | $ | 297,704 |  |  | $ | 190,109 |  |  | $ | 2,121,569 |  |  | $ | 313,216 |  |  | $ | (80,687 | ) |  | $ | 3,476,100 |  |
Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes | $ | 151,617 |  |  | $ | 41,064 |  |  | $ | 91,672 |  |  | $ | (94,639 | ) |  | $ | 189,714 |  |  | $ | 426,540 |  |  | $ | 11,608 |  |  | $ | (30,701 | ) |  | $ | 407,447 |  |  | $ | (32,821 | ) |  | $ | (381,216 | ) |  | $ | 183,124 |  | (B)
Segment assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 7,364,185 |  |  | 2,014,636 |  |  | 360,422 |  |  | 1,732,703 |  |  | $ | 4,107,761 |  |  | $ | 15,089 |  |  | $ | 272,495 |  |  | $ | 11,759,530 |  | (C)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 314,381 |  |  | $ | 162,367 |  |  | $ | 47,021 |  |  | $ | 45,526 |  |  | $ | 254,914 |  |  | $ | 1,896 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 571,191 |  |
Capital expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,103,656 |  |  | $ | 340,282 |  |  | $ | 26,654 |  |  | $ | 13,375 |  |  | $ | 380,311 |  |  | $ | 9,458 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,493,425 |  |
(A) | Included in the Coal segment are sales of $394,849 to Duke Energy and sales of $344,617 to Xcoal Energy Resources each comprising over 10% of sales.
(B) | Includes equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates of $32,216, $18,913 and $(1,338) for E&P, Coal, and All Other, respectively.
(C) | Includes investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates of $121,721 and $27,544 for E&P and Coal, respectively.
Industry segment results for the year ended December 31, 2013 are:
| Marcellus Shale |  | Utica Shale |  | Coalbed Methane |  | Other Gas |  | Total Gas |  | PA Operations |  | VA Operations |  | Other Coal |  | Total Coal |  | All Other |  | Corporate, Adjustments & Eliminations |  | Consolidated |
Sales—outside | $ | 251,846 |  |  | $ | 4,370 |  |  | $ | 335,730 |  |  | $ | 145,755 |  |  | $ | 737,701 |  |  | $ | 1,357,337 |  |  | $ | 450,033 |  |  | $ | 254,061 |  |  | $ | 2,061,431 |  |  | $ | 216,419 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,015,551 |  | (D)
Sales—purchased gas | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6,531 |  |  | 6,531 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6,531 |  |
Sales—gas royalty interests | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 63,202 |  |  | 63,202 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 63,202 |  |
Freight—outside | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 17,779 |  |  | 4,010 |  |  | 13,649 |  |  | 35,438 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 35,438 |  |
Intersegment transfers | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,168 |  |  | — |  |  | 3,168 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 127,553 |  |  | (130,721 | ) |  | — |  |
Total Sales and Freight | $ | 251,846 |  |  | $ | 4,370 |  |  | $ | 338,898 |  |  | $ | 215,488 |  |  | $ | 810,602 |  |  | $ | 1,375,116 |  |  | $ | 454,043 |  |  | $ | 267,710 |  |  | $ | 2,096,869 |  |  | $ | 343,972 |  |  | $ | (130,721 | ) |  | $ | 3,120,722 |  |
Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes | $ | 79,462 |  |  | $ | (3,980 | ) |  | $ | 81,260 |  |  | $ | (158,356 | ) |  | $ | (1,614 | ) |  | $ | 310,467 |  |  | $ | 89,470 |  |  | $ | (55,544 | ) |  | $ | 344,393 |  |  | $ | (17,201 | ) |  | $ | (279,503 | ) |  | $ | 46,075 |  | (E)
Segment assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 6,334,468 |  |  | $ | 1,982,195 |  |  | $ | 389,372 |  |  | $ | 1,976,717 |  |  | $ | 4,348,284 |  |  | $ | 132,487 |  |  | $ | 578,428 |  |  | $ | 11,393,667 |  | (F)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 231,809 |  |  | $ | 120,754 |  |  | $ | 54,725 |  |  | $ | 51,160 |  |  | $ | 226,639 |  |  | $ | 2,674 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 461,122 |  |
Capital expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 968,607 |  |  | $ | 404,293 |  |  | $ | 21,265 |  |  | $ | 29,520 |  |  | $ | 455,078 |  |  | $ | 72,371 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,496,056 |  |
(D) | Included in the Coal segment are sales of $495,242 to Xcoal Energy & Resources and $346,424 to Duke Energy each comprising over 10% of sales.
(E) | Includes equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates of $14,684, $18,045 and $403 for E&P, Coal, and All Other, respectively.
(F) | Includes investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates of $206,060, $80,849 and $1,750 for E&P, Coal, and All Other, respectively.
Industry segment results for the year ended December 31, 2012 are:
| Marcellus Shale |  | Utica Shale |  | Coalbed Methane |  | Other Gas |  | Total Gas |  | PA Operations |  | VA Operations |  | Other Coal |  | Total Coal |  | All Other |  | Corporate, Adjustments & Eliminations |  | Consolidated |
Sales—outside | $ | 134,080 |  |  | $ | 400 |  |  | $ | 379,595 |  |  | $ | 144,745 |  |  | $ | 658,820 |  |  | $ | 1,323,679 |  |  | $ | 505,682 |  |  | $ | 391,310 |  |  | $ | 2,220,671 |  |  | $ | 243,059 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,122,550 |  | (G)
Sales—purchased gas | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,316 |  |  | 3,316 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,316 |  |
Sales—gas royalty interests | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 49,405 |  |  | 49,405 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 49,405 |  |
Freight—outside | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 50,901 |  |  | 35,838 |  |  | 20,340 |  |  | 107,079 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 107,079 |  |
Intersegment transfers | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,622 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,622 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 142,014 |  |  | (143,636 | ) |  | — |  |
Total Sales and Freight | $ | 134,080 |  |  | $ | 400 |  |  | $ | 381,217 |  |  | $ | 197,466 |  |  | $ | 713,163 |  |  | $ | 1,374,580 |  |  | $ | 541,520 |  |  | $ | 411,650 |  |  | $ | 2,327,750 |  |  | $ | 385,073 |  |  | $ | (143,636 | ) |  | $ | 3,282,350 |  |
Earnings (Loss) Before Income Taxes | $ | 29,546 |  |  | $ | (2,127 | ) |  | $ | 125,970 |  |  | $ | (113,938 | ) |  | $ | 39,451 |  |  | $ | 337,681 |  |  | $ | 176,765 |  |  | $ | 94,119 |  |  | $ | 608,565 |  |  | $ | 26,194 |  |  | $ | (267,523 | ) |  | $ | 406,687 |  | (H)
Segment assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 5,768,882 |  |  | 1,766,144 |  |  | 425,010 |  |  | 2,142,332 |  |  | $ | 4,333,486 |  |  | $ | 135,170 |  |  | $ | 2,760,056 |  |  | $ | 12,997,594 |  | (I)
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 205,149 |  |  | $ | 119,082 |  |  | $ | 48,491 |  |  | $ | 52,063 |  |  | $ | 219,636 |  |  | $ | 2,330 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 427,115 |  |
Capital expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 532,636 |  |  | $ | 489,874 |  |  | $ | 126,421 |  |  | $ | 79,763 |  |  | $ | 696,058 |  |  | $ | 16,803 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1,245,497 |  |
(G) Included in the Coal segment are sales of $382,843 to Xcoal Energy & Resources comprising over 10% of sales. (H) Includes equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates of $9,562, $17,318 and $168 for E&P, Coal, and All Other, respectively. (I) Includes investments in unconsolidated equity affiliates of $143,876, $78,454, and $500 for E&P, Coal, and All Other, respectively.

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