Balance Sheets (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012
Current Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,867,171	$ 1,984,099
Oil, NGL and natural gas sales receivables	13,720,761	8,349,865
Refundable income taxes		325,715
Refundable production taxes	662,051	585,454
Deferred income taxes		121,900
Derivative contracts	425,198
Other	129,998	255,812
Total current assets	17,805,179	11,622,845
Properties and equipment at cost, based on successful efforts accounting:
Producing oil and natural gas properties	304,889,145	275,997,569
Non-producing oil and natural gas properties	8,932,905	10,150,561
Furniture and fixtures	737,368	668,004
Total properties and equipment, at cost, based on successful efforts accounting	314,559,418	286,816,134
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization	(186,641,291)	(165,199,079)
Net properties and equipment	127,918,127	121,617,055
Investments	1,574,642	1,034,870
Refundable production taxes	540,482	911,960
Total assets	147,838,430	135,186,730
Current Liabilities:
Accounts payable	8,409,634	6,447,692
Derivative contracts		172,271
Deferred income taxes	127,100
Income taxes payable	751,992
Accrued liabilities and other	1,011,865	1,007,779
Total current liabilities	10,300,591	7,627,742
Long-term debt	8,262,256	14,874,985
Deferred income taxes	31,226,907	26,708,907
Asset retirement obligations	2,393,190	2,122,950
Stockholders' equity:
Class A voting common stock, $.0166 par value; 24,000,000 shares authorized, 8,431,502 issued at September 30, 2012 and 2011	140,524	140,524
Capital in excess of par value	2,587,838	2,020,229
Deferred directors' compensation	2,756,526	2,676,160
Retained earnings	96,454,449	84,821,395
Total stockholders' equity	101,939,337	89,658,308
Treasury stock, at cost; 200,248 shares at September 30, 2013, and 181,310 shares at September 30, 2012	(6,283,851)	(5,806,162)
Total stockholders' equity	95,655,486	83,852,146
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 147,838,430	$ 135,186,730