Commitments, Contingencies, and Related Party Transactions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]
Commitments, Contingencies and Related-Party Transactions	9. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS Litigation Arbitration of Employment Claim In July 2020, the Company received a request for arbitration from its former Chief Executive Officer, David Veltri claiming that the Company breached his employment agreement. The Company intends to vigorously contest this matter and believes these claims are without merit. The employment agreement requires that any disputes be submitted to binding arbitration. The Company has insurance for these types of claims and has reported the request for arbitration to its insurance carrier. Through March 31, 2021, the Company has incurred defence costs in this matter of $90 thousand and has accrued $10 thousand for future defence costs, representing the Company’s responsibility for costs under the insurance policy. APEG II Litigation From February 2019 until August 2020, the Company was involved in litigation with its former Chief Executive Officer, David Veltri and at the time its largest shareholder, APEG II and APEG II’s general partner, APEG Energy II, GP (together with APEG II, “APEG”). In addition, Patrick E. Duke, a former director of the Company, had shared voting and shared investment power over APEG. The litigation arose as a result of a vote at the February 25, 2019 board of directors meeting to terminate Mr. Veltri for using Company funds outside of his authority and for other reasons (the “Texas Litigation”). In a separate lawsuit, APEG initiated a shareholder derivative action in Colorado against Mr. Veltri due to his refusal to recognize the Board’s decision to terminate him (the “Colorado Litigation”). The Company was named as a nominal defendant in the Colorado Litigation. The Colorado litigation was dismissed in May 2020 and the Texas Litigation was dismissed in August 2020. Through March 31, 2021, the Company had incurred legal costs of approximately $1.7 million related to the litigation. On March 4, 2021, the Company issued 90,846 shares of unregistered common stock, which had a value on the date of issuance of $406 thousand, to APEG in reimbursement of APEG’s legal costs in the Colorado and Texas Litigation.

Commitments, Contingencies, and Related Party Transactions

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments, Contingencies and Related-Party Transactions

9. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Litigation

Arbitration of Employment Claim

In July 2020, the Company received a request for arbitration from its former Chief Executive Officer, David Veltri claiming that the Company breached his employment agreement. The Company intends to vigorously contest this matter and believes these claims are without merit. The employment agreement requires that any disputes be submitted to binding arbitration. The Company has insurance for these types of claims and has reported the request for arbitration to its insurance carrier. Through March 31, 2021, the Company has incurred defence costs in this matter of $90 thousand and has accrued $10 thousand for future defence costs, representing the Company’s responsibility for costs under the insurance policy.

APEG II Litigation

From February 2019 until August 2020, the Company was involved in litigation with its former Chief Executive Officer, David Veltri and at the time its largest shareholder, APEG II and APEG II’s general partner, APEG Energy II, GP (together with APEG II, “APEG”). In addition, Patrick E. Duke, a former director of the Company, had shared voting and shared investment power over APEG. The litigation arose as a result of a vote at the February 25, 2019 board of directors meeting to terminate Mr. Veltri for using Company funds outside of his authority and for other reasons (the “Texas Litigation”). In a separate lawsuit, APEG initiated a shareholder derivative action in Colorado against Mr. Veltri due to his refusal to recognize the Board’s decision to terminate him (the “Colorado Litigation”). The Company was named as a nominal defendant in the Colorado Litigation. The Colorado litigation was dismissed in May 2020 and the Texas Litigation was dismissed in August 2020. Through March 31, 2021, the Company had incurred legal costs of approximately $1.7 million related to the litigation. On March 4, 2021, the Company issued 90,846 shares of unregistered common stock, which had a value on the date of issuance of $406 thousand, to APEG in reimbursement of APEG’s legal costs in the Colorado and Texas Litigation.