DEBT (JP Morgan Credit Agreement) (Details) (USD $)	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			2 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended				12 Months Ended
DEBT (JP Morgan Credit Agreement) (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 02, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	May 11, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 01, 2014 JPMorgan [Member]	Dec. 02, 2011 JPMorgan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 JPMorgan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2011 JPMorgan [Member]	Dec. 29, 2011 JPMorgan [Member]	Dec. 28, 2011 JPMorgan [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 Exchange Offer [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 JPMorgan [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Initiation Date						Dec. 28, 2011
Date entered into First Amendment to the Line of Credit facility			May 11, 2012
Line of credit, maximum borrowing capactiy		$ 0								$ 15,000,000
Line of credit		0		18,958,512					15,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date					Jun. 30, 2014
Interest rate Option 1-Mininum margin above LIBOR		2.25%
Interest rate Option1-Maximum margin above LIBOR		3.50%
Interest rate Option2-Mininum margin above JPMorgan prime rate		1.00%
Interest rate Option2-Maximum margin above JPMorgan prime rate		2.50%
Line of Credit Facility, Unused Capacity, Commitment Fee Percentage							0.25%
Line of credit, interest rate							3.02%	2.80%
Type of priority security interests on Platinum's assets secured under the JPMorgan Credit Agreement		first
Balance of JPMorgan Credit as required by the clean up requirement		0
Number of consecutive days the JPMorgan Credit outstanding amount must be paid down to zero per the clean up requirement		30
Number of months for which the clean up requirement is applied		12
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description												The interest rate applicable to the Credit Agreement is, at our option, either LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 2.25% to 3.50% (depending on our total leverage ratio) or, the JPMorgan prime rate, called “CBFR”, plus a margin ranging from 1.00% to 2.50% (depending upon such total leverage ratio). The CBFR rate is the higher of (i) the interest rate publicly announced by JPMorgan as its prime rate and (ii) the adjusted LIBOR rate as calculated by JPMorgan
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms												The Credit Agreement contains a number of negative covenants that, among other things, restrict our ability to sell assets, incur additional debt, create liens on assets, make investments or acquisitions, engage in mergers or consolidations, pay dividends to stockholders or repurchase common stock, and other corporate activities. The negative covenant with respect to our debt, prohibits us from incurring indebtedness for borrowed money, installment obligations, or obligations under capital leases, other than (1) unsecured trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business, (2) indebtedness owing under the Credit Agreement, (3) indebtedness existing prior to execution of the Credit Agreement not paid off with the proceeds of borrowings under the Credit Agreement with the permission of JPMorgan, (4) purchase money indebtedness, (5) indebtedness created for the sole purpose of amending, extending, renewing or replacing permitted indebtedness referred to in clause (3) (provided the principal amount of such indebtedness is not increased) and (6) other indebtedness in the aggregate amount of $5.0 million per year, excluding insurance premium financing. The Credit Agreement also contains affirmative financial covenants relating to our (1) maximum leverage ratio, measured quarterly beginning June 30, 2012, (2) minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, measured quarterly beginning September 30, 2012, and (3) minimum average daily cash position, measured monthly beginning May 31, 2012.
Other indebtedness permitted by covenants							5,000,000
Debt Instrument, Debt Default, Description of Violation or Event of Default											Under the terms of the Indenture for our Senior Notes, an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) will occur if a default under the Credit Agreement results in the acceleration of indebtedness in excess of $5.0 million. If this Event of Default occurs under the Indenture and is continuing, the Trustee (as defined in the Indenture) or the holders of at least 25.0% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Senior Notes may declare all the Senior Notes to be due and payable immediately. As of the date hereof no such Event of Default has occurred. If the Senior Notes were declared due and payable immediately, the Company would not be able to meets its obligations without liquidating substantially all of its assets or refinancing its debt and there can be no assurance that the proceeds from any such asset sales or refinancing would be sufficient, or at acceptable terms, to enable the Company to satisfy all of its obligations.	For the covenant compliance period ended June 30, 2012, the Company's Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) exceeded the maximum level allowed under the Credit Agreement. An Event of Default under the Credit Agreement (as defined therein) will occur, absent a waiver of the covenant violation by JPMorgan, upon expiration of a 30 day cure period commencing on the date written notice of default is provided to the Company by JPMorgan. As of the date hereof, no such notice had been given and no Event of Default has occurred. Upon expiration of the cure period and occurrence of an Event of Default, JPMorgan may, at its option and upon additional notice to the Company, accelerate the due date of the Note issued by the Company in in respect of the Credit Agreement and the outstanding balance would become due and payable immediately. The Company has obtained on August 16, 2012 from JPMorgan a waiver of the June 30, 2012 covenant violation and will eventually enter into an amendment to the Credit Agreement to avoid the occurrence of an Event of Default in the future; however, no assurance can be given i) that the Company will be successful in negotiating an amendment, ii) that the Company will be able to avoid an Event of Default, or iii) that JPMorgan will not choose to accelerate the due date of the Note upon the occurrence of an Event of Default
Long-term debt		$ 184,053,452		$ 167,689,860
JPMorgan order of lien creditors in the Intercreditor Agreement	first
Holders of the Senior Notes order of lien creditors in the Intercreditor Agreement	Second

PLATINUM ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC. 10-K