Crude Oil and Natural Gas Property Information (Unaudited) (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2019
Farmout Agreement [Member]
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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).
Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Demonstration Project [Member]
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Production (Operating) expenses		$ 20,600,000
Estimated gross capital costs SAGD project steam plant facility		$ 26,500,000
Percentage of working interest basis		100.00%
Sagd project, description		The first SAGD well pair, for the SAGD Project, was drilled to a vertical depth of approximately 650 meters with a horizontal length of 780 meters each. Steam injection commenced in May 2014 and production started in September of 2014. Production from this one SAGD well pair increased significantly over the 18-month period it produced. Over January and February of 2016 production from the SAGD Project averaged 615 bopd, on a 100% basis (154 bopd net to the Company), with an average SOR of 2.1 from one SAGD well pair. The SOR is reflective of the amount of steam needed to produce one barrel of oil. This SAGD Project was temporarily suspended at the end of February 2016. In early May of 2016, an amended application was submitted to the Alberta Energy Regulator ("AER") for a commercial expansion of the existing SAGD Project facility site and received regulatory approval in December 2017. This expansion application sought approval to expand the existing SAGD Project facility site to 3,200 bopd (100% basis). The Company anticipates that only five SAGD well pairs will need to be operating to achieve this production level. The Company anticipates that the commercial expansion to 3,200 bopd (100% basis) would include the reactivation of the existing demonstration project SAGD facility and existing SAGD well pair, the drilling of an additional four wellpairs and expansion of the existing SAGD facility to generate the additional necessary steam. The SAGD Project continues to move forward with completing detailed engineering and assessing potential marketing arrangements for the commercial development expansion to 3,200 bopd (100% basis).
Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Demonstration Project [Member] | Farmout Agreement [Member]
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Description and terms of farmout agreement	In accordance with the Farmout Agreement the Company entered into on July 31, 2013, the Farmee has agreed to provide up to $40,000,000 in funding for the Company’s working interest portion of the costs of the SAGD Project before the execution of the Farmout Agreement in return for a net 25% working interest in two oil sands leases where the Company had a working interest of 50%. The Farmee is also required to provide funding to cover monthly administrative expenses of the Company provided that such funding shall not exceed $30,000 per month. The Farmee shall continue to cover the Company’s administrative costs up to $30,000 per month, under the Farmout Agreement, until completion in all substantial respects of the SAGD Project agreement entered into between the Company and the operator of the SAGD Project.
Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Demonstration Project [Member] | CAD [Member]
Crude Oil and Natural Gas Property Information (Unaudited) (Textual)
Production (Operating) expenses		$ 27,300,000
Estimated gross capital costs SAGD project steam plant facility		$ 34,800,000