CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details)

Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Debt - Schedule of Debt (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Jul. 08, 2015	Jul. 07, 2015	Jun. 29, 2015	Nov. 24, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount Outstanding	$ 155,000,000	$ 203,600,577
Total	152,777,437	200,632,880
Debt due within one year	3,528,000	7,128,556
7% Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Unamortized discount	1,847,254	2,586,166
Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Commitment or Original Principal			$ 153,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Commitment or Original Principal			$ 105,000,000	$ 93,000,000
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| CorEnergy Revolver [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Commitment or Original Principal	160,000,000
Quarterly Principal Payments	0
Amount Outstanding	$ 0	$ 44,000,000
Interest Rate, effective	4.32%	3.76%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| MoGas Revolver [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Commitment or Original Principal	$ 1,000,000					$ 3,000,000.0
Quarterly Principal Payments	0
Amount Outstanding	$ 0	$ 0
Interest Rate, effective	4.32%	3.77%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member] \| Omega Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Commitment or Original Principal	$ 1,500,000
Quarterly Principal Payments	0
Amount Outstanding	$ 0	$ 0
Interest Rate, effective	5.57%	4.77%
Line of Credit [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| CorEnergy Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Commitment or Original Principal	$ 45,000,000
Quarterly Principal Payments	1,615,000
Amount Outstanding	$ 0	$ 36,740,000
Interest Rate, effective	0.00%	3.74%
Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred debt financing costs, net	$ 254,646	$ 212,592
Total	41,000,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total	41,000,000
Secured Debt [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| $58.5M Term Loan - Related Party, Less Amount Payable to CorEnergy [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Commitment or Original Principal	11,085,750
Quarterly Principal Payments	167,139
Amount Outstanding	$ 0	$ 8,860,577
Interest Rate, effective	0.00%	8.00%
Secured Debt [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| Amended Pinedale Term Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Commitment or Original Principal	$ 41,000,000
Quarterly Principal Payments	882,000
Amount Outstanding	$ 41,000,000	$ 0
Interest Rate, fixed	6.50%	0.00%
Secured Debt [Member] \| Term Loan [Member] \| $58.5M Term Loan [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Commitment or Original Principal		$ 58,500,000
Term loan payable to CorEnergy		47,414,250
Convertible Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred debt financing costs, net	$ 241,000
Unamortized discount	3,700,000
Convertible Debt [Member] \| 7% Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total Commitment or Original Principal	115,000,000				$ 115,000,000.0
Quarterly Principal Payments	0
Amount Outstanding	$ 114,000,000	$ 114,000,000
Interest Rate, fixed	7.00%	7.00%			7.00%
Convertible Debt and Line of Credit [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Deferred debt financing costs, net	$ 375,309	$ 381,531