Recent Accounting Standards	9 Months Ended
Recent Accounting Standards	Sep. 30, 2013
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Current Period Disclosures [Abstract]
Description of New Accounting Pronouncements Adopted [Text Block]	Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Recently Adopted Accounting Standard On January 1, 2013, this Partnership adopted changes issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board regarding the disclosure of offsetting assets and liabilities. These changes require an entity to disclose both gross and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the statement of financial position and instruments and transactions subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. The enhanced disclosures enable users of the entity’s financial statements to understand and evaluate the effect or potential effect of master netting arrangements on an entity’s financial position, including the effect or potential effect of rights of setoff associated with certain financial instruments and derivative instruments. Adoption of these changes had no impact on the condensed financial statements.

The entire disclosure for all significant accounting policies of the reporting entity.

PDC 2002 C LTD PARTNERSHIP 10-Q