PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023	Sep. 30, 2022
Property and equipment
Proved Properties, Net Property and Equipment	$ 21,302	$ 13,232
Net drilling rigs and other property and equipment	509	369
Total Gross Property and Equipment	88,074	74,806
Total Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, Amortization, and Impairment	(66,263)	(61,205)
Total Net Property and Equipment	21,811	13,601
Change in the asset retirement obligation
Balance at the beginning of the year	8,456	7,053
Obligations incurred on new wells drilled or acquired	21	1,682
Liabilities associated with properties sold	0	(483)
Revision of estimated obligation	1,462	1,021
Accretion expense	808	767
Payments	(1,005)	(942)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	91	(642)
Balance at the end of the year	9,833	8,456
Less current portion	(1,536)	(1,327)
Asset retirement obligation, long-term	8,297	7,129
Oil and natural gas properties
Property and equipment
Proved Properties, Gross Property and Equipment	80,851	67,883
Proved Properties, Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, Amortization, and Impairment	(59,549)	(54,651)
Proved Properties, Net Property and Equipment	21,302	13,232
Drilling rigs and equipment
Property and equipment
Gross Property and Equipment	6,618	6,304
Property, Plant and Equipment, Other, Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, Amortization, And Impairment	(6,127)	(5,943)
Net drilling rigs and other property and equipment	$ 491	$ 361
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	$ 605	$ 619
Property, Plant and Equipment, Other, Accumulated Depletion, Depreciation, Amortization, And Impairment	(587)	(611)
Net drilling rigs and other property and equipment	$ 18	$ 8
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	10 years