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Divestiture of Majority Interest in Atid Drilling Ltd. (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
New Atid [Member] |
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items] |
Schedule of unaudited statements of operations |
Revenues |  | $ | — |
Operating expenses: |  |  |  |
Cost of revenues |  |  | — |
Selling, general and administrative expenses |  |  | 256 |
Loss from operations |  |  | 256 |
Other expense |  |  | (7 | )
Net loss |  | $ | 249 |
Genie’s equity in net loss |  | $ | 94 |

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