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Consolidated Condensed Statements of Operations (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues | $ 7,064,689 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  | $ 4,337,006 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  | $ 18,777,583 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |  | $ 13,362,994 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet |
Operating costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 1,138,502 us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization |  | 311,815 us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization |  | 2,425,609 us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization |  | 948,656 us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization |
Accretion of discount on asset retirement obligations | 10,924 us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense |  | 9,631 us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense |  | 23,697 us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense |  | 34,977 us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationAccretionExpense |
General and administrative expenses | 1,467,782 us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense | [1] | 2,304,397 us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense | [1] | 4,578,876 us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense | [1] | 6,875,430 us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense | [1]
Restructuring charges | 0 us-gaap_RestructuringCharges | [2] | 0 us-gaap_RestructuringCharges | [2] | (5,431)us-gaap_RestructuringCharges | [2] | 1,332,186 us-gaap_RestructuringCharges | [2]
Total operating costs | 5,818,699 us-gaap_OperatingExpenses |  | 2,979,472 us-gaap_OperatingExpenses |  | 13,528,433 us-gaap_OperatingExpenses |  | 10,199,658 us-gaap_OperatingExpenses |
Income from operations | 1,245,990 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | 1,357,534 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | 5,249,150 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |  | 3,163,336 us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss |
Other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest income | 7,401 us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest |  | 7,383 us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest |  | 27,826 us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest |  | 22,787 us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeInterest |
Interest (expense) | (24,625)us-gaap_InterestExpense |  | (17,605)us-gaap_InterestExpense |  | (55,244)us-gaap_InterestExpense |  | (50,700)us-gaap_InterestExpense |
Income before income taxes | 1,228,766 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 1,347,312 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 5,221,732 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |  | 3,135,423 us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest |
Income tax provision | 494,180 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |  | 423,612 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |  | 2,118,218 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |  | 1,148,155 us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit |
Net income attributable to the Company | 734,586 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | 923,700 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | 3,103,514 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |  | 1,987,268 us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss |
Dividends on preferred stock | 168,575 us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact |  | 168,575 us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact |  | 505,726 us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact |  | 505,726 us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendsIncomeStatementImpact |
Net income available to common stockholders | 566,011 us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic |  | 755,125 us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic |  | 2,597,788 us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic |  | 1,481,542 us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic |
Earnings per common share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic (in dollars per share) | $ 0.02 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 0.02 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 0.08 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |  | $ 0.05 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic |
Diluted (in dollars per share) | $ 0.02 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 0.02 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 0.08 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |  | $ 0.05 us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted |
Weighted average number of common shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic (in shares) | 32,861,001 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic |  | 32,358,163 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic |  | 32,789,157 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic |  | 30,328,344 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic |
Diluted (in shares) | 32,958,218 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding |  | 32,732,049 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding |  | 32,909,981 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding |  | 32,503,460 us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding |
Delhi field |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 7,039,868 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_DelhiFieldPropertyMember |  | 4,185,156 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_DelhiFieldPropertyMember |  | 18,553,301 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_DelhiFieldPropertyMember |  | 12,745,203 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_DelhiFieldPropertyMember |
Operating costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Production costs | 2,932,946 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_DelhiFieldPropertyMember |  | 0 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_DelhiFieldPropertyMember |  | 5,750,812 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_DelhiFieldPropertyMember |  | 0 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_DelhiFieldPropertyMember |
Artificial lift technology |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 24,821 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_ArtificialLiftTechnologyMember |  | 151,052 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_ArtificialLiftTechnologyMember |  | 203,913 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_ArtificialLiftTechnologyMember |  | 483,037 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_ArtificialLiftTechnologyMember |
Operating costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Production costs | 267,906 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_ArtificialLiftTechnologyMember |  | 209,742 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_ArtificialLiftTechnologyMember |  | 656,819 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_ArtificialLiftTechnologyMember |  | 526,712 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = epm_ArtificialLiftTechnologyMember |
Other properties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Revenues |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total revenues | 0 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_OtherPropertyMember |  | 798 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_OtherPropertyMember |  | 20,369 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_OtherPropertyMember |  | 134,754 us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_OtherPropertyMember |
Operating costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Production costs | $ 639 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_OtherPropertyMember |  | $ 143,887 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_OtherPropertyMember |  | $ 98,051 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_OtherPropertyMember |  | $ 481,697 us-gaap_ExplorationAndProductionCosts / us-gaap_ProductOrServiceAxis = us-gaap_OtherPropertyMember |
[1] | General and administrative expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 included non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $227,507 and $444,981, respectively. For the corresponding nine month periods, non-cash stock-based compensation expense was $715,864 and $1,134,841, respectively.
[2] | Restructuring charges for the nine months ended March 31, 2014 included non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $376,365. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, restructuring charges contained no stock-based compensation expense.

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