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Related Party Transactions
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions

10. Related Party Transactions

Acquisition of the Quest Interests – On July 16, 2013, we acquired all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Quest held by Quest Resource Group LLC (“QRG”), comprising 50% of the membership interests of Quest (the “Quest Interests”). The purchase price for the Quest Interests consisted of 22,000,000 shares of our common stock issued at a fair market value of $2.50 per share based on the closing price of the stock on the date of the transaction and convertible secured promissory notes (collectively, the “Sellers’ Notes”) in the aggregate principal amount of $22,000,000. The total purchase price of $77,000,000 was paid to the owners of QRG who at the time of the transaction were related parties: the Chief Executive Officer of Quest and the former President of Quest. After the close of the transaction, the Chief Executive Officer of Quest became the President, Chief Executive Officer, and member of the Board of Directors of our company. On September 24, 2014, we paid $11,000,000 to the holders of the Sellers’ Notes and such holders converted the remaining $11,000,000 of principal, plus accrued interest through September 24, 2014 of $101,260, into 5,550,630 shares of our common stock. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, we recognized interest expense of $383,945 and $763,671, respectively. The amount of interest expense related to the amortization of the discount on the Sellers’ Notes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 was $456,661 and $908,303, respectively.  We recognized no comparable interest expense or amortization of the discount on the Sellers’ Notes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 due to the retirement of the Sellers’ Notes in September 2014.