Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Condensed Consolidated Statements Of Operations [Abstract]
Revenues	$ 3,505	$ 4,314
Cost and expenses
Production costs and taxes	1,399	1,371
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	703	794
General and administrative	693	513
Total cost and expenses	2,795	2,678
Net income from operations	710	1,636
Other income (expense)
Interest expense	(31)	(131)
Gain on sale of assets	18
Total other income (expenses)	(13)	(131)
Income from continuing operations before income tax	697	1,505
Income tax expense	(273)	(527)
Income from continuing operations	424	978
(Loss) from discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit		(41)
Net income	$ 424	$ 937
Net income (loss) per share - Basic and Diluted
Net income from continuing operations	$ 0.01	$ 0.02
Net (loss) from discontinued operations		$ 0.00
Shares used in computing earnings per share
Basic	60,842,413	60,842,413
Diluted	60,847,779	61,053,713