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Oil and Natural Gas Production Activities (Details Narrative) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2020 USD ($)
Discount factor	The discount factor used was 10%.
Ceiling test write-down	$ 1,800
Depletable base of the full cost pool	$ 2,100
Oil (bbls) [Member]
Reserves	$47.17 per barrel for oil
Natural Gas (MMbtu) [Member]
Reserves	$2.07 per MMbtu for natural gas

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Additional information necessary to prevent the disclosure of the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows and changes therein from being misleading.

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Amount that would have been charged to income had the effects of the cash flow hedges not been considered in calculating the ceiling limitation at an oil and gas producing company subject to the full cost rules.

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