Consolidated oil and gas production volumes net.

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Consolidated oil and gas production volumes net barrels.

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Consolidated oil and gas production volumes net barrels of oil per day.

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Costs paid by farmmee under farmout agreement.

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Estimated gross capital costs.

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The revenues derived from sales of oil or gas in each geographic area during the reporting period divided by the number of barrels of oil produced or thousands of cubic feet of gas produced.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-K (SK)
-Number 229
-Section 1204
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Production (lifting) costs from oil and gas producing activities, including but not limited to lease operating expense, production and ad valorem taxes, and transportation expense.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 932
-SubTopic 235
-Section 50
-Paragraph 23
-Subparagraph (b)
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Sales revenue to unaffiliated enterprises from oil and gas producing activities.

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-SubTopic 235
-Section 50
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Crude Oil and Natural Gas Property Information (Unaudited) (Details Textual)	2 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 29, 2016 BOPD.	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) barrels $ / pure	Sep. 30, 2015 CAD barrels $ / pure	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($) barrels $ / pure	Sep. 30, 2015 CAD
Crude Oil And Natural Gas Property Information (Textual)
Farmee reimbursement of costs to the Company and/or the operator		$ 17,800,000			CAD 23,900,000
Subsequent Events [Member]
Crude Oil And Natural Gas Property Information (Textual)
Consolidated oil and gas production volumes net 25% (bopd) \| BOPD.	154
Crude Oil and NGL [Member]
Crude Oil And Natural Gas Property Information (Textual)
Oil revenue after royalties \| $		$ 516,407		$ 47,116
Average oil sales price per barrel		23.68	23.68	61.77
Production (Operating) expenses \| $		$ 0
Consolidated oil and gas production volumes net barrels \| barrels		25,737	25,737	819
SAGD [Member]
Crude Oil And Natural Gas Property Information (Textual)
Estimated gross capital costs for Phase 1 SAGD Project		$ 24,500,000	CAD 32,900,000
Sawn Lake Demonstration Project [Member] \| Subsequent Events [Member]
Crude Oil And Natural Gas Property Information (Textual)
Consolidated oil and gas production volumes gross (bopd) \| BOPD.	615