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Investment in OC-BVI (Details Textual) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended			108 Months Ended						1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 12, 2012	Jun. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Dec. 31, 2003 1990 Agreement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 1990 Agreement [Member] gal	Dec. 31, 2007 1990 Agreement [Member] gal	Mar. 04, 2010 Bar Bay Agreement [Member] gal	Jun. 30, 2014 Management Service [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Management Service [Member]	Jan. 31, 2013 Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member]	Dec. 31, 2009 Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member]	Dec. 31, 2007 Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member]	Oct. 31, 2009 Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member] Management Service [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member] Management Service [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member] Management Service [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member] Management Service [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Baughers Bay [Member]	Jun. 30, 2012 Baughers Bay [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		43.50%			43.50%
Equity Method Investments Voting Shares Percentage		50.00%			50.00%
Equity Method Investment, Interest In Profit Percentage		45.00%			45.00%
Plant Capacity (Gallons)											1,700,000	720,000	600,000
Equity Method Investments		$ 6,087,202	$ 6,623,448		$ 6,087,202
Purchase Price Allocation Plant																											1,420,000	1,420,000
Equity Method Investment, Difference Between Carrying Amount and Underlying Equity		2,800,000			2,800,000																2,800,000
Court Award Amount																		10,400,000
Cost Incurred To Expand Plant Capacity										4,700,000
Proceeds from Legal Settlements						2,000,000	1,000,000	2,000,000	2,000,000							2,000,000	4,700,000
Dismissed Claim Amount																			4,700,000
Legal Settlement	10,400,000																			10,400,000
Legal Settlement Recoveries																						10,400,000
Legal Settlement Recovered Amount																		5,000,000
Legal Settlement Recovery Principle Amount Due																	5,400,000	5,400,000
Legal Settlement Recovery Due																	6,700,000	6,700,000
Intangible assets, net		1,005,944	1,096,488		1,005,944									241,000	285,000
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments		85,840		76,332	140,329	864,193
Profit Loss From Subsidiaries		30,375		27,652	50,625	315,111
Revenues		16,931,832		16,569,380	33,280,442	33,124,577																	129,000	227,211	404,912	485,295
Other than Temporary Impairment Losses, Investments			200,000
Investments Carrying Value		$ 6,100,000	$ 6,600,000		$ 6,100,000																$ 6,100,000

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