CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 12,347,689	$ 14,204,250
Oil, natural gas and NGL receivables	16,039,385	19,170,762
Commodity derivative assets		687,933
Accounts receivable and other current assets	946,937	76,868
Total current assets	29,334,011	34,139,813
Property and equipment, net	1,166,660	1,327,057
Investment in affiliate (equity method)	4,707,165	2,952,264
Oil and natural gas properties
Oil and natural gas properties, using full cost method of accounting ($235,028,364 and $275,041,784 excluded from depletion at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively)	1,148,983,401	1,033,355,017
Less: accumulated depreciation, depletion and impairment	(523,403,235)	(328,913,425)
Total oil and natural gas properties, net	625,580,166	704,441,592
Right-of-use assets, net	3,194,116	3,399,634
Commodity derivative assets		116,568
Loan origination costs, net	1,469,266	2,217,126
Total assets	665,451,384	748,594,054
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	995,574	1,207,736
Other current liabilities	5,842,811	4,231,579
Commodity derivative liabilities	992,299
Total current liabilities	7,830,684	5,439,315
Operating lease liabilities, excluding current portion	2,919,194	3,124,416
Commodity derivative liabilities	2,699,576
Long-term debt	169,700,653	100,135,477
Total liabilities	183,150,107	108,699,208
Commitments and contingencies (Note 16)
Mezzanine equity:
Series A preferred units (55,000 and 110,000 units issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively)	42,050,637	74,909,732
Unitholders' equity:
Common units (38,948,023 units issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and 23,518,652 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019)	325,048,170	282,549,841
Class B units (20,779,181 units issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and 25,557,606 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019)	1,038,989	1,277,880
Total unitholders' equity	326,087,159	283,827,721
Noncontrolling interest	114,163,481	281,157,393
Total equity	440,250,640	564,985,114
Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and unitholders' equity	$ 665,451,384	$ 748,594,054