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Acquisitions And Dispositions (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Acquisitions And Dispositions [Abstract] |
Summarized Results Of, And Assets And Liabilities Attributable To, Discontinued Operations | Summarized Results of Discontinued Operations ﻿
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﻿ |  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  | Nine Months Ended September 30,
﻿ |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
﻿Operating costs and expenses: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Exploration expense |  | $ | 15,269 |  | $ | 32 |  | $ | 15,270 |  | $ | 27,878
﻿Depreciation, depletion and amortization |  |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 9
﻿General and administrative expense |  |  | 400 |  |  | 1,135 |  |  | 994 |  |  | 2,127
﻿Bad debt expense (recovery) and other |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | (7,629) |  |  | -
﻿Total operating costs and expenses |  |  | 15,672 |  |  | 1,170 |  |  | 8,644 |  |  | 30,014
﻿Other operating income (loss), net |  |  | (7) |  |  | - |  |  | (28) |  |  | -
﻿Operating income (loss) |  |  | (15,679) |  |  | (1,170) |  |  | (8,672) |  |  | (30,014)
﻿Other income: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Interest income |  |  | - |  |  | - |  |  | 3,201 |  |  | -
﻿Other, net |  |  | 6 |  |  | 2,023 |  |  | 551 |  |  | 2,183
﻿Total other income |  |  | 6 |  |  | 2,023 |  |  | 3,752 |  |  | 2,183
﻿Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes |  |  | (15,673) |  |  | 853 |  |  | (4,920) |  |  | (27,831)
﻿Income tax expense |  |  | 110 |  |  | - |  |  | 3,077 |  |  | -
﻿Income (loss) from discontinued operations |  | $ | (15,783) |  | $ | 853 |  | $ | (7,997) |  | $ | (27,831)
﻿ Assets and Liabilities Attributable to Discontinued Operations ﻿
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﻿ |  | September 30, |  | December 31,
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﻿ASSETS |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Current assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Accounts with partners |  | $ | 1,723 |  | $ | 8,091
﻿Prepayments and other |  |  | 24 |  |  | 278
﻿Total current assets |  |  | 1,747 |  |  | 8,369
﻿Property and equipment - successful efforts method: |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Equipment and other |  |  | - |  |  | 143
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﻿Accumulated depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment |  |  | - |  |  | (127)
﻿Net property and equipment |  |  | - |  |  | 16
﻿Total assets |  | $ | 1,747 |  | $ | 8,385
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﻿LIABILITIES |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Current liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |
﻿Accounts payable |  | $ | 104 |  | $ | 2,708
﻿Foreign taxes payable |  |  | 3,077 |  |  | -
﻿Accrued liabilities and other |  |  | 15,475 |  |  | 1,421
﻿Total current liabilities |  | $ | 18,656 |  | $ | 4,129
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