Condensed Balance Sheets - USD ($)		Jun. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 4,489,282	$ 2,438,511
Natural gas, oil, and NGL sales receivables (net of $0 allowance for uncollectable accounts)		11,780,557	6,428,982
Refundable income taxes		860,416	2,413,942
Other		1,276,942	942,082
Total current assets		18,407,197	12,223,517
Properties and equipment at cost, based on successful efforts accounting:
Producing natural gas and oil properties		265,800,998	319,984,874
Non-producing natural gas and oil properties		50,204,756	40,466,098
Other		972,770	794,179
Gross properties and equipment, at cost, based on successful efforts accounting		316,978,524	361,245,151
Less accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization		(193,551,159)	(257,643,661)
Net properties and equipment		123,427,365	103,601,490
Operating lease right-of-use assets		770,952	607,414
Other, net		764,068	578,593
Total assets		143,369,582	117,011,014
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		486,034	772,717
Derivative contracts, net	[1]	10,189,546	12,087,988
Income taxes payable			334,050
Current portion of operating lease liability		190,604	132,287
Accrued liabilities and other		1,489,127	1,809,337
Total current liabilities		12,355,311	15,136,379
Long-term debt		28,300,000	17,500,000
Deferred income taxes, net		550,906	343,906
Asset retirement obligations		2,116,246	2,836,172
Derivative contracts, net	[1]	1,068,544	1,696,479
Operating lease liability, net of current portion		1,015,405	789,339
Total liabilities		45,406,412	38,302,275
Stockholders' equity:
Common Stock, $0.01666 par value; 54,000,500 shares authorized and 35,680,970 issued at June 30, 2022; 36,000,500 shares authorized and 32,770,433 issued at September 30, 2021		594,445	545,956
Capital in excess of par value		42,849,595	33,213,645
Deferred directors' compensation		1,451,690	1,768,151
Retained earnings		58,676,047	48,966,420
Stockholders' Equity		103,571,777	84,494,172
Less treasury stock, at cost; 377,232 shares at June 30, 2022, and 388,545 shares at September 30, 2021		(5,608,607)	(5,785,433)
Total stockholders' equity		97,963,170	78,708,739
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$ 143,369,582	$ 117,011,014

[1] See Note 10: Fair Value Measurements for further disclosures regarding fair value of financial instruments.