Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Stockholder's Equity (Details)

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Stockholder's Equity (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Jan. 27, 2015
Jan. 23, 2015
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 10,000,000us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesAuthorized    
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share $ 0.001us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare $ 0us-gaap_PreferredStockParOrStatedValuePerShare    
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 22,500us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued 0us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued    
Net offering proceeds $ 54,200,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfRedeemablePreferredStock      
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock 7.375%, $56,250,000 liquidation preference ($2,500 per share, $0.001 par value), 10,000,000 authorized; 22,500 and 0 issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014 56,250,000us-gaap_PreferredStockValue 0us-gaap_PreferredStockValue    
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 46,619,681us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued 46,605,055us-gaap_CommonStockSharesIssued    
Shelf Registration Statement Aggregate Offering Price       300,000,000.0corr_ShelfRegistrationStatementAggregateOfferingPrice
Shelf Registration Statement Aggregate Offering Price, Net of DRIP 299,900,000corr_ShelfRegistrationStatementAggregateOfferingPriceNetofDRIP      
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 22,500us-gaap_PreferredStockSharesIssued
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= corr_SeriesACumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockMember
     
Depositary Shares [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Annual dividend, per share     $ 1.84375us-gaap_DividendsPayableAmountPerShare
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= corr_DepositarySharesMember
 
Preferred Stock [Member] | Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Coupon rate 7.375%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
/ us-gaap_StatementClassOfStockAxis
= corr_SeriesACumulativeRedeemablePreferredStockMember
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= us-gaap_PreferredStockMember
     
Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Stock Issued During Period, Value, Dividend Reinvestment Plan 68,144us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueDividendReinvestmentPlan
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= us-gaap_AdditionalPaidInCapitalMember
140,088us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueDividendReinvestmentPlan
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Underwritten Public Offering [Member] | Depositary Shares [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Shares sold in offering     2,250,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= corr_DepositarySharesMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= corr_UnderwrittenPublicOfferingMember
 
Liquidation preference, per share     $ 25.00us-gaap_PreferredStockLiquidationPreference
/ us-gaap_StatementEquityComponentsAxis
= corr_DepositarySharesMember
/ us-gaap_SubsidiarySaleOfStockAxis
= corr_UnderwrittenPublicOfferingMember
 
CORRPrA [Member]        
Class of Stock [Line Items]        
Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock 7.375%, $56,250,000 liquidation preference ($2,500 per share, $0.001 par value), 10,000,000 authorized; 22,500 and 0 issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2015, and December 31, 2014 $ 23us-gaap_PreferredStockValue
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= corr_CORRPrAMember