Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 3,619	$ 4,034	$ 11,108	$ 12,219
Cost and expenses
Production costs and taxes	1,463	1,560	4,769	4,121
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	759	673	2,217	2,210
General and administrative	695	461	2,062	1,440
Total cost and expenses	2,917	2,694	9,048	7,771
Net income from operations	702	1,340	2,060	4,448
Other income (expense)
Interest expense	(19)	(79)	(78)	(319)
Gain (loss) on sale of assets	16	(13)	34	49
Total other income (expenses)	(3)	(92)	(44)	(270)
Income from continuing operations before income tax	699	1,248	2,016	4,178
Income tax expense	(274)	(713)	(789)	(1,860)
Income from continuing operations	425	535	1,227	2,318
(Loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit		(54)		(128)
Net income	$ 425	$ 481	$ 1,227	$ 2,190
Net income (loss) per share - Basic and Diluted
Net income from continuing operations	$ 0.01	$ 0.01	$ 0.02	$ 0.04
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	60,851,309	60,854,655	60,852,437	60,945,588