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Oil and Natural Gas Producing Activities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Oil and Gas Property [Abstract] |
Schedule of Costs Incurred in Purchase of Proved and Unproved Properties, and Exploration and Development Activities | The following table presents the Company’s capitalized costs associated with oil and natural gas producing activities as of December 31, 2018 and 2017:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Oil and Natural Gas Properties: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unevaluated properties: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unproved leasehold costs |  | $ | 3,728 |  |  | $ | 4,664 |
Evaluated properties in full cost pool |  |  | 88,764 |  |  |  | 86,313 |
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization |  |  | (83,729 | ) |  |  | (83,362 | )
Net capitalized costs |  | $ | 8,763 |  |  | $ | 7,615 |
Schedule of Operations from Oil and Gas Producing Activities | Presented below are the results of operations from oil and natural gas producing activities for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Oil and natural gas sales |  | $ | 5,539 |  |  | $ | 6,545 |
Lease operating expense |  |  | (1,898 | ) |  |  | (2,903 | )
Production taxes |  |  | (392 | ) |  |  | (499 | )
Depreciation, depletion accretion and amortization |  |  | (393 | ) |  |  | (753 | )
Impairment of oil and natural gas properties |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Results of operations from oil and natural gas producing activities |  | $ | 2,856 |  |  | $ | 2,390 |

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