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Discontinued Operations (Notes)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]  
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS:

In August 2016, CONSOL Energy completed the sale of its Miller Creek and Fola Mining Complex subsidiaries. In the transaction, the buyer acquired the Miller Creek and Fola assets and assumed the Miller Creek and Fola mine closing and reclamation liabilities. In order to equalize the value exchange, CONSOL Energy paid $28,271 of cash at closing, which included property taxes associated with the properties sold and other closing costs (a portion of which will be held in escrow for purposes of obtaining the surety bonds required for the permits to transfer). CONSOL Energy will also pay a total of $13,700 in remaining installments over the next three years ending in January 2020. 

In March 2016, CONSOL Energy completed the sale of its membership interests in CONSOL Buchanan Mining Company, LLC (BMC), which owned and operated the Buchanan Mine located in Mavisdale, Virginia; various assets relating to the Amonate Mining Complex located in Amonate, Virginia; Russell County, Virginia coal reserves and Pangburn Shaner Fallowfield coal reserves located in Southwestern, Pennsylvania to Coronado IV LLC ("Coronado"). Various CONSOL Energy assets were excluded from the sale including coalbed methane, natural gas and minerals other than coal, current assets of BMC, certain coal seams, certain surface rights, and the Amonate Preparation Plant. Coronado assumed only specified liabilities and various CONSOL Energy liabilities were excluded and not assumed. The excluded liabilities included BMC’s indebtedness, trade payables and liabilities arising prior to closing, as well as the liabilities of the subsidiaries other than BMC which are parties to the sale. In addition, the buyer agreed to pay CONSOL Energy for Buchanan Mine coal sold outside the U.S. and Canada during the five years following closing a royalty of 20% of any excess of the gross sales price per ton over the following amounts: (1) year one, $75.00 per ton; (2) year two, $78.75 per ton; (3) year three, $82.69 per ton; (4) year four, $86.82 per ton; (5) year five, $91.16 per ton. Total royalty income recognized under the year one agreement was $5,262 and was included in Miscellaneous Other Income on the Consolidated Statement of Income for the three months March 31, 2017. At closing, the parties entered into several agreements including, among others, agreements relating to the coordination and conduct of gas operations at the mines, an option to purchase the Amonate Preparation Plant and transition services. Cash proceeds of $402,799 were received at closing and are included in Net Cash Provided by Discontinued Investing Activities on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2016. The net loss on the sale was $38,364 and was included in Loss from Discontinued Operations, net on the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2016.
For all periods presented in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Income, BMC along with the various other assets and the Miller Creek and Fola Mining Complexes are classified as discontinued operations.



The following table details selected financial information for the divested business included within discontinued operations:
 
For the Three Months Ended March 31,
  
2017
 
2016
Coal Sales
$
—

 
$
76,519

Freight-Outside Coal
—

 
1,012

Miscellaneous Other Income
—

 
43

Loss on Sale of Assets
—

 
(38,364
)
Total Revenue and Other Income
$
—

 
$
39,210

Total Costs
—

 
88,066

Loss From Operations Before Income Taxes
$
—

 
$
(48,856
)
Income Tax Expense
—

 
4,311

Loss From Discontinued Operations, net
$
—

 
$
(53,167
)

The following table details the major classes of assets and liabilities of discontinued operations:
 
March 31,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
Assets:
 
 
 
Accounts Receivable - Trade
$
—

 
$
83

Total Current Assets
$
—

 
$
83

Total Assets of Discontinued Operations
$
—

 
$
83

Liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts Payable
$
—

 
$
36

Other Current Liabilities
5,892

 
6,014

Total Current Liabilities
$
5,892

 
$
6,050

Total Liabilities of Discontinued Operations
$
5,892

 
$
6,050