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Payments To Acquire Oil And Gas Property And Equipment, Provisional Information, Initial Accounting Incomplete, Adjustment

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Revenue Interest, Percent

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Number of producing oil wells and oil wells capable of production with working interest ownership.

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The cash outflow to purchase long lived physical asset for use in the normal oil and gas operations and to purchase mineral interests in oil and gas properties not intended for resale.

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Property and Equipment - Hamilton Dome Acquisition (Details)		2 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Nov. 01, 2019 USD ($) well	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Consideration for working and revenue interest			$ 9,337,716	$ 0
Liabilities incurred			903,580		$ 31,268
Assets		$ 94,630,869	$ 94,630,869		$ 95,761,844
Hamilton Dome Field
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Non-operating working interest, percent	23.51%
Revenue interest, percent	19.70%
Consideration for working and revenue interest	$ 9,500,000
Purchase price adjustments		$ 200,000
Liabilities incurred	900,000
Assets	$ 900,000
Number of wells \| well	265