Oil and Gas Properties (Details Textual)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 a
Oil and Gas Properties (Textual)
Oil sands acreage, gross acres | a		19,610
Oil sands acreage, net acres | a		13,442
Five oil sands leases, description		Out of 20,242 gross acres (13,284 net acres) under five oil sands leases that were set to expiry on July 10, 2018, 14,549 gross acres (8,571 net acres) were granted continuation under the Alberta Oil Sands Tenure regulations and have no set expiry date. In November 2017, the Company’s joint venture partner and operator of two of the five oil sands leases, submitted two continuation applications to the Alberta Oil Sands Tenure division to apply to continue 7,591 gross acres (1,898 net acres) and in January 2018, approval was received from Alberta Energy to continue 6,958 gross acres (1,740 net acres). In June 2018, the Company as operator of three of these five oil sands leases, submitted three continuation applications to the Alberta Oil Sands Tenure division to apply to continue another 7,591 gross acres (6,832 net acres) where resources were identified and in July 2018 and April 2019, approval was received from Alberta Energy to continue 7,591 gross acres (6,832 net acres). Of these five oil sands leases that were set to expiry on July 10, 2018, a total of 5,693 gross acres (4,713 net acres) expired without being continued. These expired lands were primarily areas where the Company determined that there was no or limited exploitable resources. These continued leases are now held by the Company for perpetuity, subject to yearly escalating rental payments until they are deemed to be producing leases;
Three northern oil sands leases, description		19,610 gross acres (17,649 net acres) under the three most northern oil sands leases were set to expire on August 19, 2019. In August 2019, the Company submitted one continuation application to the Alberta Oil Sands Tenure division to apply to continue 1,898 acres (1,708 net acres) of the 19,610 gross acres (17,649 net acres) on one of the northern most leases and subsequently in early October 2019 approval was received from Alberta Energy to continue 1,898 gross acres (1,708 net acres) past the expiry date of the lease. On August 19, 2019, 17,712 gross acres (15,941 net acres) expired without being continued. These expired lands were primarily areas where the Company determined that there was no or limited exploitable resources;
One oil sands lease, description		3,163 gross acres (3,163 net acres) under one oil sands lease are set to expire on April 9, 2024. It is the Company’s opinion that they have already met the governmental requirements for this lease, and they will be applying to continue this lease into perpetuity.
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 joint Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Demonstration project (“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 Farmee’s share and the Company’s share of the capital costs and operating expenses for the SAGD Project, in return for a net 25% working interest in 12 sections (now 11 sections) where the Company had a working interest of 50% (before the execution of the Farmout Agreement).
Funding for project under agreement | $	$ 40,000,000
Monthly maximum payable by farmee for operating expense | $	$ 30,000