Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 3,985	$ 3,871	$ 7,489	$ 8,185
Cost and expenses
Production costs and taxes	1,906	1,191	3,305	2,561
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	755	742	1,458	1,537
General and administrative	675	466	1,368	979
Total cost and expenses	3,336	2,399	6,131	5,077
Net income from operations	649	1,472	1,358	3,108
Other income (expense)
Interest expense	(29)	(109)	(59)	(240)
Gain on sale of assets		63	18	63
Total other income (expenses)	(29)	(46)	(41)	(177)
Income from continuing operations before income tax	620	1,426	1,317	2,931
Income tax expense	(243)	(621)	(515)	(1,147)
Income from continuing operations	377	805	802	1,784
(Loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit		(33)		(74)
Net income	$ 377	$ 772	$ 802	$ 1,710
Net income (loss) per share - Basic and Diluted
Net income from continuing operations	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.03
Net (loss) from discontinued operations		$ 0.00		$ 0.00
Shares used in computing earnings per share
Basic	60,842,413	60,842,413	60,842,413	60,842,413
Diluted	60,858,223	60,928,397	60,853,001	60,991,055