Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations [Abstract]
Oil and gas properties	$ 782,000	$ 1,518,000
Methane facility	150,000	116,000
Total revenues	932,000	1,634,000
Cost and expenses
Production costs and taxes	839,000	1,202,000
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	336,000	732,000
General and administrative	500,000	554,000
Impairment	641,000	0
Total cost and expenses	2,316,000	2,488,000
Net loss from operations	(1,384,000)	(854,000)
Other income (expense)
Interest expense	(20,000)	(12,000)
Gain on sale of assets		20,000
Total other income (expenses)	(20,000)	8,000
Loss from operations before income tax	(1,404,000)	(846,000)
Deferred income tax benefit	0	331,000
Net loss	$ (1,404,000)	$ (515,000)
Net loss per share
Basic	$ (0.23)	$ (0.08)
Fully Diluted	$ (0.23)	$ (0.08)
Shares used in computing earnings per share
Basic	6,084,241	6,084,241
Diluted	6,084,241	6,084,241