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Notes payable (Details Narrative) - USD ($) | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Mar. 27, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
Payments to acquire equipment |  | $ 66,819 |
Monthly payment for equipment financing |  | $ 1,012 |
Interest rate |  | 0.00% |
Notes payable |  | $ 1,301,618 | $ 96,704
February 2019 [Member] | Unsecured Note [Member] | Investors [Member] |  |  |
Interest rate |  | 8.00% |
Maturity date |  | May 01, 2019 |
Notes payable |  | $ 90,000 |
February 2019 [Member] | Unsecured Note [Member] | Morrisett [Member] |  |  |
Notes payable |  | $ 15,000 |
May 5, 2020 [Member] | Pardus Oil & Gas Operating, LP [Member] |  |  |
Description of notes payable |  | The loan matures on May 5, 2022 and has an interest rate of 1%. There are no payments due until ten months after the covered period which ended October 20, 2020 |
Promissory note |  | $ 160,700 |
April 1, 2020 [Member] | Pardus Oil & Gas, LLC [Member] |  |  |
Description of notes payable |  | The note is payable in one installment on April 1, 2021 and bears interest at the one-year LIBOR rate (1% as of September 30, 2020). |
Promissory note |  | $ 378,000 |
Joint Development Agreement [Member] | Petroleum & Independent Exploration, LLC [Member] | August 1, 2020 [Member] |  |  |
Interest rate |  | 6.00% |
Maturity date |  | Aug. 07, 2024 |
Loan from related party |  | $ 2,000,000 |
Proceeds from loan |  | $ 326,000 |
Description of working and revenue interest |  | In addition, the Company assigned a 70% working and revenue interest to PIE in the designated wells which will be applied to repayment of the loan. |
Revolver Loan Agreement [Member] |  |  |
Outstanding loan |  | $ 8,124,000 |
Revolver commitment amount | $ 8,700,000 |  |
Maturity date | Mar. 27, 2021 |  |
Reduction in commitment amount per quarter | $ 180,000 |  |
Interest expense description | Agreement requires Empire Louisiana, beginning December 31, 2018 to maintain certain covenants including an EBITDAX to interest expense of at least 3:1 and funded debt to EBITDAX of 4:1 on a trailing twelve month basis. |  |
Revolver Loan Agreement [Member] | Maximum [Member] |  |  |
Interest rate |  | 0.0475% |
Revolver commitment amount |  | $ 20,000,000 |
Revolver Loan Agreement [Member] | March 10, 2021 [Member] |  |  |
Revolver commitment amount | $ 8,700,000 | $ 8,520,000 |
Maturity date | Mar. 27, 2021 | Mar. 27, 2022 |
Reduction in commitment amount per quarter | $ 180,000 | $ 180,000 |
Interest expense description | Agreement requires Empire Louisiana, beginning December 31, 2018 to maintain certain covenants including an EBITDAX to interest expense of at least 3:1 and funded debt to EBITDAX of 4:1 on a trailing twelve month basis. | Minimum interest coverage ratio covenant until the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2021, and amended the leverage ratio covenant to 6:1 at March 31, 2021 reducing quarterly to 4:1 as of March 31, 2022 and thereafter. |
Letter of Credit [Member] |  |  |
Outstanding loan |  | $ 306,000 |

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