Acquisitions and Dispositions - Lucas Settlement Agreement (Details) - Lucas Energy, Inc,			12 Months Ended
	Mar. 02, 2015 USD ($)	Feb. 26, 2015 USD ($) producing_well	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 15, 2015 shares	May. 11, 2015 USD ($) shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pre-merger loan and funding agreement, initial loan receivable amount paid to counterparty		$ 250,000
Pre-merger loan and funding agreement, loan receivable, stated interest rate		0.50%
Pre-merger loan and funding agreement, loan receivable, amount outstanding					$ 600,000
Pre-merger loan and funding agreement, settlement agreement, shares received in settlement | shares					1,101,729
Pre-merger loan and funding agreement, settlement agreement, shares received in settlement after stock split | shares				44,069
General and Administrative Expenses
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Noncash merger related costs			$ 1,326,850
Loss on contract termination			$ 600,000
Penn Virginia
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pre-merger loan and funding agreement, number of well rights assigned | producing_well		5
Aurora Energy Partners
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Pre-merger loan and funding agreement, payment one of well funding requirement, made by related party	$ 195,928
Pre-merger loan and funding agreement, payment two of well funding requirement, made by related party	$ 317,027