Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 806,254	$ 3,396,809
Natural gas, oil and NGL sales receivables (net of $0 allowance for uncollectable accounts)	4,900,126	13,152,274
Refundable income taxes	455,931
Derivative contracts, net	3,120,607
Other	878,659	1,372,847
Total current assets	10,161,577	17,921,930
Properties and equipment at cost, based on successful efforts accounting:
Producing natural gas and oil properties	209,082,847	248,978,928
Non-producing natural gas and oil properties	58,820,445	51,779,336
Other	1,360,614	1,085,056
Gross properties and equipment, at cost, based on successful efforts accounting	269,263,906	301,843,320
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	(114,139,423)	(168,759,385)
Net properties and equipment	155,124,483	133,083,935
Derivative contracts, net	162,980
Operating lease right-of-use assets	572,610	739,131
Other, net	486,630	757,116
Total assets	166,508,280	152,502,112
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	562,607	647,217
Derivative contracts, net		7,873,979
Current portion of operating lease liability	233,390	213,355
Income taxes payable		495,858
Accrued liabilities and other	1,215,275	2,032,275
Total current liabilities	2,011,272	11,262,684
Long-term debt	32,750,000	28,300,000
Deferred income taxes	6,757,637	1,585,906
Asset retirement obligations	1,062,139	1,901,904
Derivative contracts, net		687,212
Operating lease liability, net of current portion	695,818	985,887
Total liabilities	43,276,866	44,723,593
Stockholders' equity:
Voting common stock, par value $0.01666 per share: 54,000,500 shares authorized and 36,121,723 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2023; 54,000,500 shares authorized and 35,776,752 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2022	601,788	596,041
Capital in excess of par value	41,676,417	44,177,051
Deferred directors' compensation	1,487,590	1,496,243
Retained earnings	80,022,839	67,117,791
Stockholders' Equity	123,788,634	113,387,126
Treasury stock, at cost: 131,477 shares at December 31, 2023; 377,232 shares at September 30, 2022	(557,220)	(5,608,607)
Total stockholders' equity	123,231,414	107,778,519
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 166,508,280	$ 152,502,112