CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 9,804,977	$ 14,204,250
Oil, natural gas and NGL receivables	17,552,756	19,170,762
Commodity derivative assets		687,933
Accounts receivable and other current assets	973,956	76,868
Total current assets	28,331,689	34,139,813
Property and equipment, net	1,964,660	1,327,057
Investment in affiliate (equity method)	5,134,951	2,952,264
Oil and natural gas properties
Oil and natural gas properties, using full cost method of accounting ($225,681,626 and $275,041,784 excluded from depletion at December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively)	1,149,095,232	1,033,355,017
Less: accumulated depreciation, depletion and impairment	(628,102,279)	(328,913,425)
Total oil and natural gas properties, net	520,992,953	704,441,592
Right-of-use assets, net	3,123,454	3,399,634
Commodity derivative assets		116,568
Loan origination costs, net	5,086,486	2,217,126
Total assets	564,634,193	748,594,054
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	888,735	1,207,736
Other current liabilities	4,765,161	4,231,579
Commodity derivative liabilities	3,113,178
Total current liabilities	8,767,074	5,439,315
Operating lease liabilities, excluding current portion	2,848,452	3,124,416
Commodity derivative liabilities	3,167,685
Long-term debt	171,550,142	100,135,477
Total liabilities	186,333,353	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 December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively)	42,666,102	74,909,732
Unitholders' equity:
Common units (38,918,689 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 23,518,652 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019)	257,593,307	282,549,841
Class B units (20,779,781 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 25,557,606 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019)	1,038,989	1,277,880
Total unitholders' equity	258,632,296	283,827,721
Noncontrolling interest	77,002,442	281,157,393
Total equity	335,634,738	564,985,114
Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and unitholders' equity	$ 564,634,193	$ 748,594,054