Computation of oil, natural gas and NGL reserves.

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Held for sale liabilities.

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Amount of write-down of assets recognized in the income statement. Includes, but is not limited to, losses from tangible assets, intangible assets and goodwill.

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Noncurrent portion of the carrying amount of a liability for an asset retirement obligation. An asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation associated with the disposal or retirement of a tangible long-lived asset that results from the acquisition, construction or development, or the normal operations of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees.

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Amount of assets held-for-sale that are not part of a disposal group.

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The aggregate amount of write-downs for impairments recognized during the period for long-lived assets held for abandonment, exchange or sale.

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The expense recorded to reduce the value of oil and gas assets consisting of proved properties and unproved properties as the estimate of future successful production from these properties is reduced.

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Amount of noncash consideration received for selling an asset or business through a noncash (or part noncash) transaction.

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Oil and gas properties net of accumulated depreciation, depletion, amortization, impairment, and abandonment, carried under the successful effort method.

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Aggregate cash proceeds received from a combination of transactions that are classified as investing activities in which assets, which may include one or more investments, are sold to third-party buyers. This element can be used by entities to aggregate proceeds from all asset sales that are classified as investing activities.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Properties And Equipment (Narrative) (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Computation of Natural Gas, Oil and NGL Reserves				12 months
Impairment	$ 0	$ 6,100,000	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0
Impairment for written-off wells				38,533	8,980
Consideration received				0	0
Asset Impairment Charges	36,460		$ 2,703	38,533	$ 8,980
Net carrying value of held for sale assets		6,420,051
Asset retirement obligations	1,051,224	1,027,777		1,051,224
Held for sale liabilities		889,155
Deposits received on held for sale assets		800,000
Reclassification of PP&E to Held for sale assets	$ 153,270,264	133,250,007		$ 153,270,264
Arkoma Basin [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Asset Impairment Charges		6,100,000
Arkoma Basin and Eagleford Play [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Net carrying value of held for sale assets		5,500,000
Held for sale liabilities		900,000
Reclassification of PP&E to Held for sale assets		$ 6,400,000