Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Revenues
Revenue	$ 1,367,000	$ 1,209,000
Cost and expenses
Production costs and taxes	730,000	808,000
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	183,000	221,000
General and administrative	336,000	334,000
Impairment
Total cost and expenses	1,249,000	1,363,000
Net income (loss) from operations	118,000	(154,000)
Other expense
Net interest expense	(1,000)	(16,000)
Gain on sale of assets	16,000
Total other expenses	15,000	(16,000)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax	133,000	(170,000)
Deferred income tax benefit
Net income (loss) from continuing operations	133,000	(170,000)
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations	1,110,000	(43,000)
Net income (loss)	$ 1,243,000	$ (213,000)
Net income (loss) per share - Basic and Fully Diluted
Continuing operations	$ 0.01	$ (0.02)
Discontinued operations	$ 0.10	$ (0.01)
Shares used in computing earnings per share
Basic and fully diluted	10,624,442	8,452,132
Oil And Gas Proeprties Revenue [Member]
Revenues
Revenue	$ 1,367,000	$ 1,209,000