Oil and Gas Properties (Details Textual)

1 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Sep. 25, 2014

Jul. 31, 2013

USD ($)

Sep. 30, 2015

USD ($)

a

oil

Wells

Sep. 30, 2015

CAD

a

oil

Wells

Dec. 31, 2014

Nov. 17, 2014

USD ($)

Sep. 30, 2014

Wells

Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)

Gas and oil area, net | a

43,015

43,015

Gas and oil area, gross | a

34,096

34,096

Number of oil and gas for leases | oil

9

9

Description for term of capital lease

If the Company meets the conditions of the leases the Company will then be permitted to drill on and produce oil from the land into perpetuity. These conditions give the Company until the expiration of the leases to meet the following requirements on its oil sands leases:

1) The Alberta Department of Energy has relaxed the drilling requirements under section 3(2)(a) option 1 of the Oil Sands Tenure Regulation of the Mines and Minerals Act of Alberta. Under the relaxed rules the Company would now have to drill 26 wells throughout the 68 sections to preserve all of the Company’s nine oil sands leases; or

2) drill 44 wells within the 68 sections and having acquired and processed two miles of seismic on each other undrilled section.

If the Company meets the conditions of the leases the Company will then be permitted to drill on and produce oil from the land into perpetuity. These conditions give the Company until the expiration of the leases to meet the following requirements on its oil sands leases:

1) The Alberta Department of Energy has relaxed the drilling requirements under section 3(2)(a) option 1 of the Oil Sands Tenure Regulation of the Mines and Minerals Act of Alberta. Under the relaxed rules the Company would now have to drill 26 wells throughout the 68 sections to preserve all of the Company’s nine oil sands leases; or

2) drill 44 wells within the 68 sections and having acquired and processed two miles of seismic on each other undrilled section.

Miles of seismic acquired on leases description

25 miles of seismic.

25 miles of seismic.

Percentage of ownership interest

100.00%

100.00%

2.24%

Number of wells company has interest in | Wells

10

10

10

Description of purchase and sale agreement

Effective September 25, 2014, the Company, through its subsidiary Deep Well Alberta, entered into a Purchase and Sale agreement with Classic Energy Inc. (“Classic”), pursuant to which the Company acquired Classic’s 20% working interest in five sections in one Sawn Lake oil sands lease where the Company already owned working interests. As of September 25, 2014, the Company increased its net acres in the Sawn Lake oil sands properties from 33,463 to 34,096 net acres.

Land [Member]

Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)

Percentage of ownership interest

67.00%

67.00%

67.00%

Minimum [Member]

Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)

Gas and oil area, net | a

33,463

33,463

Maximum [Member]

Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)

Gas and oil area, net | a

34,096

34,096

Land One [Member]

Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)

Lease agreements, expiration date

Jul. 10, 2018

Jul. 10, 2018

Number of oil and gas for leases | oil

5

5

Land Two [Member]

Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)

Lease agreements, expiration date

Aug. 19, 2019

Aug. 19, 2019

Number of oil and gas for leases | oil

3

3

Land Three [Member]

Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)

Lease agreements, expiration date

Apr. 09, 2024

Apr. 09, 2024

Number of oil and gas for leases | oil

1

1

Farmout Agreement [Member]

Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)

Description and terms of farmout agreement

On July 31, 2013, the Company entered into a Farmout agreement (the "Farmout Agreement") with an additional joint venture partner (the "Farmee") to fund the Company's share of the Alberta Energy Regulator ("AER") approved SAGD Project at the Company's Sawn Lake heavy oil reservoir in North Central Alberta, Canada. In accordance with the Farmout Agreement the Farmee has agreed to provide up to $40,000,000 in funding for the Company's portion of the costs for the SAGD Project, in return for a net 25% working interest in 12 sections where the Company had a working interest of 50% (before the execution of the Farmout Agreement).

Potential option under farmout agreement for additional funding | $

$ 110,000,000

Potential option under farmout agreement for additional funding description

In addition, until December 31, 2015, as amended on November 17, 2014, the Farmee has the option to elect to obtain a working interest of 45% to 50% working interest in the remaining 56 sections of land where the Company has working interests ranging from 90% to 100%, by committing an additional $110,000,000 of financing to the development of the Company's Sawn Lake oil sands properties. As of the date of the options expiration, December 31, 2015, the Farmee did not exercise its option to acquire such interests.

Funding for project under agreement | $

$ 40,000,000

Monthly maximum payable by farmee for operating expense | $

$ 30,000

Northern Alberta Oil Ltd [Member]

Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)

Percentage of ownership interest

100.00%

100.00%

Purported gross overriding royalty percentage

6.50%

6.50%

JV Partner [Member]

Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)

Acquisition of purported gross overriding royalty from non-related party

$ 2,435,124

CAD 2,697,600

Purported gross overriding royalty percentage

6.50%

6.50%

Percentage of transfer of an undivided interest

3.00%

3.00%

Mr. Malik Youyou (Member)

Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)

Acquisition of purported gross overriding royalty from related party | $

$ 1,007,000

Purported gross overriding royalty percentage

6.50%

6.50%

Percentage of transfer of an undivided interest

2.50%

2.50%