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The cash outflow to purchase long lived physical asset use for the normal oil and gas operations and not intended for resale.

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Long-Term Debt (Details Textuals) - USD ($)			1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Details Textuals) - USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2021	Oct. 31, 2020	Jul. 31, 2021	Jun. 30, 2021
Senior Secured Bank Credit Facility [Abstract]
Borrowing base				$ 575,000,000
Lender commitments				$ 575,000,000
Weighted average interest rate				4.00%
Commitment fee percentage				0.50%
NEJD Pipeline
Senior Secured Bank Credit Facility [Abstract]
Payments to reacquire pipeline		$ 70,000,000		$ 35,000,000.0
NEJD Pipeline \| Subsequent Event
Senior Secured Bank Credit Facility [Abstract]
Payments to reacquire pipeline	$ 17,500,000		$ 17,500,000
Minimum
Senior Secured Bank Credit Facility [Abstract]
Current ratio requirement				1.0
Minimum \| Dividend or Other Restricted Payment
Senior Secured Bank Credit Facility [Abstract]
Borrowing base availability requirement				20.00%
Maximum
Senior Secured Bank Credit Facility [Abstract]
Consolidated total debt to consolidated EBITDAX requirement				3.5
Maximum \| Dividend or Other Restricted Payment
Senior Secured Bank Credit Facility [Abstract]
Consolidated total debt to consolidated EBITDAX requirement				2