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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details Narrative) - Subsequent Event [Member]	May 02, 2017	Apr. 05, 2017 $ / shares bbl
Forbearance Agreement [Member] | APEG Energy II, L.P. [Member]
Interest rate of credit facility	8.75%
Crude Oil Swap Contracts [Member]
Quantity of barrels | bbl		300
Strike price per barrels | $ / shares		$ 52.40

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 932
-SubTopic 235
-Section 50
-Paragraph 9
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