Condensed Statements Of Operations - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Revenues:
Oil, NGL and natural gas sales	$ 8,899,218	$ 9,055,288
Lease bonuses and rentals	837,958	2,425,504
Gains (losses) on derivative contracts	(2,700,533)	(34,936)
Income (loss) from partnerships	15,030	16,269
Total revenues	7,051,673	11,462,125
Costs and expenses:
Lease operating expenses	3,049,415	3,566,536
Production taxes	367,845	321,841
Exploration costs	(2,243)	27,790
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	4,834,263	6,957,652
Provision for impairment	0	3,733,273
Loss (gain) on asset sales and other	12,934	(269,706)
Interest expense	292,369	360,562
General and administrative	1,842,482	1,912,079
Bad debt expense (recovery)		19,216
Total costs and expenses	10,397,065	16,629,243
Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes	(3,345,392)	(5,167,118)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes	(1,107,000)	(2,368,000)
Net income (loss)	$ (2,238,392)	$ (2,799,118)
Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per common share (Note 3)	$ (0.13)	$ (0.17)
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding:
Common shares	16,604,149	16,563,942
Unissued, directors' deferred compensation shares	274,035	255,060
Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding	16,878,184	16,819,002
Dividends declared per share of common stock and paid in period	$ 0.04	$ 0.04
Dividends declared per share of common stock and to be paid in quarter ended March 31	$ 0.04	$ 0.04