LIQUIDITY	3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Risks and Uncertainties [Abstract]
LIQUIDITY	LIQUIDITY In September 2015, Barnwell sold its interests in its principal oil and natural gas properties located in the Dunvegan and Belloy areas of Alberta, Canada. Barnwell's net proceeds from the sale, after broker's fees and other closing costs, were $14,162,000 of which $6,904,000, as of December 31, 2015, is being held in an escrow account for the Canada Revenue Agency, for potential amounts due for Barnwell’s Canadian income taxes related to the sale. Upon determination by the Canada Revenue Agency of any necessary tax deposits, the escrow agent is to release any such required amount of withheld funds to the Canada Revenue Agency and the remainder to Barnwell. Management believes all necessary Canadian income taxes related to the sale have been paid as of December 31, 2015, however the sufficiency of Canadian income taxes paid and the precise timing for and amount of the release of these funds to Barnwell cannot be determined until formal determination by the Canada Revenue Agency. On September 30, 2015, as a result of the sale of Dunvegan, Barnwell’s revolving credit facility at Royal Bank of Canada was amended and reduced by the bank to $1,000,000 Canadian dollars, or U.S. $723,000 at the December 31, 2015 exchange rate. Barnwell repaid the credit facility in full in September 2015 from the proceeds of the disposition and as of December 31, 2015 had $690,000 of available credit after consideration of issued letters of credit. Barnwell's oil and natural gas segment is subject to the provisions of the Alberta Energy Regulator's (“AER”) Licensee Liability Rating (“LLR”) program. Under the LLR program the AER calculates a Liability Management Ratio (“LMR”) for a company based on the ratio of the company’s deemed assets over its deemed liabilities relating to wells and facilities for which the company is the licensed operator. The value of the deemed assets is based on each well's most recent twelve months of production and an industry average netback as determined by the AER annually. The LMR assessment is designed to assess a company’s ability to address its suspension, abandonment, remediation, and reclamation liabilities. Companies with a LMR less than 1.0 are required to deposit funds with the AER to cover future deemed liabilities. At December 31, 2015, the Company had sufficient deemed asset value that no security deposit was due. However, in February 2016 Barnwell's LMR fell below 1.0, due to the transfer of a well license with a favorable LMR, and Barnwell is required to make a cash deposit with the AER of approximately $130,000. It is probable that Barnwell will have to transfer an additional well license which would necessitate an additional cash deposit with the AER and/or the implementation of a structured LLR Program Management Plan; management currently estimates that the total amount of the required deposits in fiscal 2016 could be as much as $3,000,000, however we cannot be certain of the ultimate amount at this time. Due to the decline in oil and natural gas prices and related netbacks over the past year it is possible that the value of the Company’s deemed assets will further decline which in turn could dictate that the Company place a larger deposit with the AER than is currently estimated. This requirement to provide security deposit funds to the AER in the future will result in the diversion of operating cash flows that could otherwise be used to fund oil and natural gas reserve replacement efforts, which in turn will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. If Barnwell fails to comply with the requirements of the LLR program, Barnwell's oil and natural gas subsidiary would be subject to the AER's enforcement provisions which could include suspension of operations and non-compliance fees and could ultimately result in the AER serving the Company with a closure order to shut-in all operated wells. Additionally, if Barnwell is non-compliant, the Company would be prohibited from transferring well licenses which would prohibit us from selling any oil and natural gas assets until the required cash deposit is made with the AER. Because of the combined impact of declines in oil and natural gas prices, declines in production due to oil and natural gas property sales as well as from natural declines, and increasing costs due to the age of Barnwell's properties, Barnwell's oil and natural gas segment is projected to have negative cash flow from operations at current prices and production levels. These factors have also resulted in the significant decrease in the borrowing capacity of our Canadian revolving credit facility. Consequently, Barnwell is reliant upon the release of the Dunvegan sales proceeds held in escrow, the timing of which is uncertain, and land investment segment proceeds from percentage of sales payments and any potential future cash distributions from the Kukio Resort land development partnerships in order to provide sufficient liquidity to fund our future cash needs, including capital expenditures, the aforementioned deposits with the AER, the asset retirement obligations, and general and administrative expenses. Furthermore, even if the release of the Dunvegan sales proceeds held in escrow and land investment segment proceeds provide sufficient liquidity, all or a portion of those proceeds will be needed to fund ongoing operating and general and administrative expenses, deposits with the AER, and asset retirement obligations, such that these proceeds used would not be reinvested. There is no assurance that the Company will have sufficient cash to fund operations beyond the short term as it is dependent upon the timely release of the Dunvegan sales proceeds, the receipt of sufficient land investment segment percentage of sales payments or the receipt of sufficient cash distributions from the Kukio Resort land development partnerships to fund operations. The timing of these items is highly uncertain and largely out of our control. If these sources of cash are not timely or are insufficient, we may be forced to implement measures such as asset sales, including potentially the New York and/or Honolulu offices, on an accelerated and potentially unfavorable basis, short-term bridge financing, reductions in operations and general and administrative expenses, or other mechanisms that will bridge the Company's cash needs until sufficient amounts of the sources of cash above are received in the near term. There can be no assurance the Company will be able to secure short-term financing or the sale of any of its assets within the time frame necessary, or realize enough proceeds from such sales to fund its operations or to otherwise resolve its liquidity issues. Such issues could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. If liquidity issues continue beyond one year and are such that the Company is not able to sufficiently reinvest its future cash inflows, the Company's ability to continue as a going concern beyond the short term will need to be reassessed in consideration of the facts and circumstances at that time.

LIQUIDITY

In September 2015, Barnwell sold its interests in its principal oil and natural gas properties located in the Dunvegan and Belloy areas of Alberta, Canada. Barnwell's net proceeds from the sale, after broker's fees and other closing costs, were $14,162,000 of which $6,904,000, as of December 31, 2015, is being held in an escrow account for the Canada Revenue Agency, for potential amounts due for Barnwell’s Canadian income taxes related to the sale. Upon determination by the Canada Revenue Agency of any necessary tax deposits, the escrow agent is to release any such required amount of withheld funds to the Canada Revenue Agency and the remainder to Barnwell. Management believes all necessary Canadian income taxes related to the sale have been paid as of December 31, 2015, however the sufficiency of Canadian income taxes paid and the precise timing for and amount of the release of these funds to Barnwell cannot be determined until formal determination by the Canada Revenue Agency.

On September 30, 2015, as a result of the sale of Dunvegan, Barnwell’s revolving credit facility at Royal Bank of Canada was amended and reduced by the bank to $1,000,000 Canadian dollars, or U.S. $723,000 at the December 31, 2015 exchange rate. Barnwell repaid the credit facility in full in September 2015 from the proceeds of the disposition and as of December 31, 2015 had $690,000 of available credit after consideration of issued letters of credit.

Barnwell's oil and natural gas segment is subject to the provisions of the Alberta Energy Regulator's (“AER”) Licensee Liability Rating (“LLR”) program. Under the LLR program the AER calculates a Liability Management Ratio (“LMR”) for a company based on the ratio of the company’s deemed assets over its deemed liabilities relating to wells and facilities for which the company is the licensed operator. The value of the deemed assets is based on each well's most recent twelve months of production and an industry average netback as determined by the AER annually. The LMR assessment is designed to assess a company’s ability to address its suspension, abandonment, remediation, and reclamation liabilities. Companies with a LMR less than 1.0 are required to deposit funds with the AER to cover future deemed liabilities. At December 31, 2015, the Company had sufficient deemed asset value that no security deposit was due. However, in February 2016 Barnwell's LMR fell below 1.0, due to the transfer of a well license with a favorable LMR, and Barnwell is required to make a cash deposit with the AER of approximately $130,000. It is probable that Barnwell will have to transfer an additional well license which would necessitate an additional cash deposit with the AER and/or the implementation of a structured LLR Program Management Plan; management currently estimates that the total amount of the required deposits in fiscal 2016 could be as much as $3,000,000, however we cannot be certain of the ultimate amount at this time. Due to the decline in oil and natural gas prices and related netbacks over the past year it is possible that the value of the Company’s deemed assets will further decline which in turn could dictate that the Company place a larger deposit with the AER than is currently estimated. This requirement to provide security deposit funds to the AER in the future will result in the diversion of operating cash flows that could otherwise be used to fund oil and natural gas reserve replacement efforts, which in turn will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. If Barnwell fails to comply with the requirements of the LLR program, Barnwell's oil and natural gas subsidiary would be subject to the AER's enforcement provisions which could include suspension of operations and non-compliance fees and could ultimately result in the AER serving the Company with a closure order to shut-in all operated wells. Additionally, if Barnwell is non-compliant, the Company would be prohibited from transferring well licenses which would prohibit us from selling any oil and natural gas assets until the required cash deposit is made with the AER.

Because of the combined impact of declines in oil and natural gas prices, declines in production due to oil and natural gas property sales as well as from natural declines, and increasing costs due to the age of Barnwell's properties, Barnwell's oil and natural gas segment is projected to have negative cash flow from operations at current prices and production levels. These factors have also resulted in the significant decrease in the borrowing capacity of our Canadian revolving credit facility. Consequently, Barnwell is reliant upon the release of the Dunvegan sales proceeds held in escrow, the timing of which is uncertain, and land investment segment proceeds from percentage of sales payments and any potential future cash distributions from the Kukio Resort land development partnerships in order to provide sufficient liquidity to fund our future cash needs, including capital expenditures, the aforementioned deposits with the AER, the asset retirement obligations, and general and administrative expenses. Furthermore, even if the release of the Dunvegan sales proceeds held in escrow and land investment segment proceeds provide sufficient liquidity, all or a portion of those proceeds will be needed to fund ongoing operating and general and administrative expenses, deposits with the AER, and asset retirement obligations, such that these proceeds used would not be reinvested.

There is no assurance that the Company will have sufficient cash to fund operations beyond the short term as it is dependent upon the timely release of the Dunvegan sales proceeds, the receipt of sufficient land investment segment percentage of sales payments or the receipt of sufficient cash distributions from the Kukio Resort land development partnerships to fund operations. The timing of these items is highly uncertain and largely out of our control. If these sources of cash are not timely or are insufficient, we may be forced to implement measures such as asset sales, including potentially the New York and/or Honolulu offices, on an accelerated and potentially unfavorable basis, short-term bridge financing, reductions in operations and general and administrative expenses, or other mechanisms that will bridge the Company's cash needs until sufficient amounts of the sources of cash above are received in the near term. There can be no assurance the Company will be able to secure short-term financing or the sale of any of its assets within the time frame necessary, or realize enough proceeds from such sales to fund its operations or to otherwise resolve its liquidity issues. Such issues could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial condition and results of operations. If liquidity issues continue beyond one year and are such that the Company is not able to sufficiently reinvest its future cash inflows, the Company's ability to continue as a going concern beyond the short term will need to be reassessed in consideration of the facts and circumstances at that time.