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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Schedule of Revenue by Major Customers by Reporting Segments (Details) - Sales Revenue, Net [Member] - Customer Concentration Risk [Member]	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2019	Oct. 31, 2020	Oct. 31, 2019
Revenues, percentage	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Eni S.P.A [Member]
Revenues, percentage	61.00%	23.00%	34.00%	19.00%
Premier Oil UK Limited [Member]
Revenues, percentage	0.00%	13.00%	9.00%	30.00%
EGP [Member]
Revenues, percentage	36.00%	47.00%	55.00%	24.00%
U.S. Navy [Member]
Revenues, percentage	0.00%	10.00%	0.00%	17.00%
Other [Member]
Revenues, percentage	3.00%	7.00%	2.00%	10.00%

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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