PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended		13 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Aug. 31, 2022
Property and equipment
Proved Properties, Net Property and Equipment		$ 2,423	$ 2,303
Unproved Properties, Net Property and Equipment		962	0
Net drilling rigs and other property and equipment		490	1,471
Total Gross Property and Equipment		67,412	73,431
Total Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, Amortization, and Impairment		(63,537)	(69,657)
Total Net Property and Equipment		3,875	3,774
Oil and natural gas properties, full cost method of accounting:
Unproved properties		962	0
Accumulated depletion, depreciation, and impairment		(56,067)	(61,839)
Total oil and natural gas properties, net		3,385	2,303
Change in the asset retirement obligation
Balance at the beginning of the year		6,194	6,389
Obligations incurred on new wells drilled or acquired		532	227
Liabilities associated with properties sold		(375)	(169)
Revision of estimated obligation		279	(279)
Accretion expense		580	561
Payments		(421)	(498)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		264	(37)
Balance at the end of the year		7,053	6,194
Less current portion		(713)	(647)
Asset retirement obligation, long-term		6,340	5,547
Abandonment and reclamation cost, cash deposit	$ 888	1,525
Abandonment and reclamation cost, cash deposit less draw downs		809
Increase in asset retirement obligation		$ 213
Forecast
Change in the asset retirement obligation
Abandonment and reclamation cost, cash deposit				$ 637
Minimum
Change in the asset retirement obligation
Discount rate for ARO		6.00%
Maximum
Change in the asset retirement obligation
Discount rate for ARO		13.50%
Oil and natural gas properties
Property and equipment
Proved Properties, Gross Property and Equipment		$ 58,490	64,142
Proved Properties, Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, Amortization, and Impairment		(56,067)	(61,839)
Proved Properties, Net Property and Equipment		2,423	2,303
Unproved Properties, Gross Property and Equipment		962	0
Unproved Properties, Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, Amortization, and Impairment		0	0
Unproved Properties, Net Property and Equipment		962	0
Oil and natural gas properties, full cost method of accounting:
Total oil and natural gas properties, gross		59,452	64,142
Total oil and natural gas properties, net		3,385	2,303
Change in the asset retirement obligation
Oil and Gas Property, Full Cost Method, Depletion		(56,067)	(61,839)
Drilling rigs and equipment
Property and equipment
Gross Property and Equipment		7,273	8,244
Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, Amortization, and Impairment		(6,789)	(6,793)
Net drilling rigs and other property and equipment		$ 484	$ 1,451
Drilling rigs and equipment | Minimum
Property and equipment
Estimated useful lives		3 years	3 years
Drilling rigs and equipment | Maximum
Property and equipment
Estimated useful lives		10 years	10 years
Other property and equipment
Property and equipment
Gross Property and Equipment		$ 687	$ 1,045
Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, Amortization, and Impairment		(681)	(1,025)
Net drilling rigs and other property and equipment		$ 6	$ 20
Other property and equipment | Minimum
Property and equipment
Estimated useful lives		3 years	3 years
Other property and equipment | Maximum
Property and equipment
Estimated useful lives		10 years	17 years