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CONCENTRATIONS OF CREDIT RISK (Details) (Oil and natural gas, Concentration of credit risk, Accounts receivable, USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 item
Concentration of credit risk
Number of customers	5brn_ConcentrationRiskNumberOfCustomers
Individually significant customers
Concentration of credit risk
Accounts receivables	1,082,000us-gaap_AccountsReceivableNetCurrent / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = brn_IndividuallySignificantCustomersMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = brn_OilAndNaturalGasMember
Shell Trading Canada
Concentration of credit risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)	33.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = brn_ShellTradingCanadaMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = brn_OilAndNaturalGasMember
Suncor Energy
Concentration of credit risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)	17.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = brn_SuncorEnergyMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = brn_OilAndNaturalGasMember
Direct Energy Marketing
Concentration of credit risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)	17.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = brn_DirectEnergyMarketingMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = brn_OilAndNaturalGasMember
Keyera Partnership
Concentration of credit risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)	13.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = brn_KeyeraPartnershipMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = brn_OilAndNaturalGasMember
Glencoe Resources
Concentration of credit risk
Concentration risk (as a percent)	10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1 / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByBenchmarkAxis = us-gaap_AccountsReceivableMember / us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskByTypeAxis = us-gaap_CreditConcentrationRiskMember / us-gaap_MajorCustomersAxis = brn_GlencoeResourcesMember / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = brn_OilAndNaturalGasMember

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Represents the number of customers who typically contribute accounts receivable in excess of a specified percentage.

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Amount due from customers or clients, within one year of the balance sheet date (or the normal operating cycle, whichever is longer), for goods or services (including trade receivables) that have been delivered or sold in the normal course of business, reduced to the estimated net realizable fair value by an allowance established by the entity of the amount it deems uncertain of collection.

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For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

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