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OIL AND GAS PRODUCING ACTIVITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Oil and Gas Property [Abstract] |
Schedule of net costs incurred in the purchase of proved and unproved properties, and in exploration and development activities | The following table presents the Company’s capitalized costs associated with oil and gas producing activities as of December 31, 2016 and 2015:
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Oil and Gas Properties: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unevaluated properties: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unproved leasehold costs |  | $ | 4,664 |  |  | $ | 5,664 |
Exploratory wells in progress |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Evaluated properties in full cost pool |  |  | 87,834 |  |  |  | 97,912 |
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization |  |  | (82,640 | ) |  |  | (80,144 | )
Net capitalized costs |  | $ | 9,858 |  |  | $ | 23,432 |
Schedule of unevaluated leasehold costs were incurred | As of December 31, 2015, unevaluated oil and gas properties consisted solely of unproved lease acquisition costs of $5.7 million.
|  | As of December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Year Incurred |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2010 |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
2011 |  |  | 2,686 |  |  |  | 2,686 |
2012 |  |  | 267 |  |  |  | 267 |
2013 |  |  | 525 |  |  |  | 1,525 |
2014 |  |  | 1,153 |  |  |  | 1,153 |
2015 |  |  | 33 |  |  |  | 33 |
2016 |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |
|  | $ | 4,664 |  |  | $ | 5,664 |
Schedule of costs incurred in oil and gas property acquisition, exploration and development activities | Costs incurred in oil and gas property acquisition, exploration and development activities, all of which have been capitalized, are summarized as follows for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Acquisition costs: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Proved properties |  | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 1,658 |  |  | $ | 552 |
Unproved properties |  |  | - |  |  |  | 632 |  |  |  | 4,167 |
Development costs |  |  | (4) |  |  |  | 61 |  |  |  | 8,037 |
Exploration costs |  |  | (1,496 | ) |  |  | 369 |  |  |  | 14,791 |
Total (1) |  | $ | (1,458) |  |  | $ | 2,720 |  |  | $ | 27,547 |
| (1) | Includes amounts related to estimated asset retirement obligations reduction of $(24) and additions $61 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The development costs and exploration costs include a reduction in interest of some wells which in prior years were in dispute.
Schedule of operations from oil and gas producing activities | Presented below are the results of operations from oil and gas producing activities for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014:
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Oil and gas sales |  | $ | 5,746 |  |  | $ | 10,296 |  |  | $ | 32,379 |
Production costs |  |  | (2,728 | ) |  |  | (7,352 | ) |  |  | (10,638 | )
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |  |  | (2,529 | ) |  |  | (8,412 | ) |  |  | (14,685 | )
Impairment of oil and gas properties |  |  | (9,568 | ) |  |  | (57,676 | ) |  |  | - |
Results of operations from oil and gas producing activities |  | $ | (9,079 | ) |  | $ | (63,144 | ) |  | $ | 7,056 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of a lessee's leasing arrangements including: (1) the basis on which contingent rental payments are determined, (2) the existence and terms of renewal or purchase options and escalation clauses, (3) restrictions imposed by lease arrangements, such as those concerning dividends, additional debt, and further leasing, (4) rent holidays, rent concessions, or leasehold improvement incentives and unusual provisions or conditions. Disclosure may also include the specific period used to amortize material leasehold improvements made at the inception of the lease or during the lease term. Additionally, for operating leases having initial or remaining noncancelable lease terms in excess of one year: (a) future minimum rental payments required as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, in the aggregate and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) the total of minimum rentals to be received in the future under noncancelable subleases as of the date of the latest balance sheet presented, and (c) for all operating leases, rental expense for each period for which an income statement is presented, with separate amounts for minimum rentals, contingent rentals, and sublease rentals. Rental payments under leases with terms of a month or less that were not renewed need not be included. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41502-112717 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 10 -Section 55 -Paragraph 40 -Subparagraph (Note 1,3) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6584154&loc=d3e38371-112697 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6452660&loc=d3e36991-112694 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 840 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6453985&loc=d3e41499-112717 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 460 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248 + Details
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