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ACQUISITIONS (Details)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
ACQUISITIONS (Details)	Apr. 09, 2019 USD ($) a shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) a $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 25, 2019 $ / shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gas and Oil Area, Developed, Net \| a	38,230	4,788
Gas and Oil Area, Developed, Gross \| a	49,754	4,854
Business Combination, Acquisition Related Costs		$ 23,321	$ 3,500,000	$ 4,100,000	$ 4,100,000	$ 4,100,000
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned			$ 28,356,396
Oil and Natural Gas Assets in Andrews County
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Share Price \| $ / shares		$ 5.80
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Value Assigned		$ 11,204,258
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Liabilities		$ 2,571,549
Wishbone Acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Gas and Oil Area, Developed, Net \| a	38,230
Gas and Oil Area, Developed, Gross \| a	49,754
Business Acquisition, Equity Interest Issued or Issuable, Number of Shares, after Adjustment \| shares	4,576,951
Business Acquisition, Share Price \| $ / shares							$ 6.19
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred	$ 276,100,000
Common Stock Held in Escrow \| shares	2,538,071
Average Working Interest
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	77.00%	100.00%
Average Net Revenue Interest
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired	58.00%	75.00%