Condensed Balance Sheets (Unaudited for Dec 31, 2012) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 986,363	$ 1,984,099
Oil, NGL and natural gas sales receivables	8,234,220	8,349,865
Deferred income taxes	95,900	121,900
Refundable income taxes	5,980	325,715
Refundable production taxes	548,576	585,454
Derivative contracts	764,643
Other	155,978	255,812
Total current assets	10,791,660	11,622,845
Properties and equipment, at cost, based on successful efforts accounting:
Producing oil and natural gas properties	281,200,946	275,997,569
Non-producing oil and natural gas properties	9,962,008	10,150,561
Furniture and fixtures	703,457	668,004
	291,866,411	286,816,134
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	(170,783,831)	(165,199,079)
Net properties and equipment	121,082,580	121,617,055
Investments	1,238,638	1,034,870
Refundable production taxes	736,004	911,960
Total assets	133,848,882	135,186,730
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	4,057,404	6,447,692
Derivative contracts		172,271
Accrued liabilities and other	1,014,007	1,007,779
Total current liabilities	5,071,411	7,627,742
Long-term debt	14,454,757	14,874,985
Deferred income taxes	27,020,907	26,708,907
Asset retirement obligations	2,195,383	2,122,950
Stockholders' equity:
Class A voting common stock, $.0166 par value; 24,000,000 shares authorized, 8,431,502 issued at December 31, 2012, and September 30, 2012	140,524	140,524
Capital in excess of par value	2,195,559	2,020,229
Deferred directors' compensation	2,493,184	2,676,160
Retained earnings	85,805,264	84,821,395
	90,634,531	89,658,308
Less treasury stock, at cost; 173,147 shares at December 31, 2012, and 181,310 shares at September 30, 2012	(5,528,107)	(5,806,162)
Total stockholders' equity	85,106,424	83,852,146
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 133,848,882	$ 135,186,730