Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (USD $)	12 Months Ended		108 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013
Revenues and Cost of Sales:
Revenues	$ 2,387		$ 2,387
Cost of sales	697		697
Gross profit	1,690		1,690
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses	711,038	345,407	25,127,956
Depletion, depreciation and amortization	1,659	1,016	480,989
Oil and gas property impairment	200,000	1,340,852	11,625,969
Total operating expenses	912,697	1,687,275	37,234,914
Loss from operations	(911,007)	(1,687,275)	(37,233,224)
Equity in losses from affiliates			(2,099,663)
Loss on redemption of preferred shares			(105,376)
Gain (loss) on sale of marketable securities		(51)	1,067,814
Impairment of marketable securities			(3,707,513)
Warrants issued from Peace Oil acquisition			(368,000)
Revaluation loss net of warrant liability			(431,261)
Interest income (expense)	(425)	(21,494)	(4,256,106)
Gain (loss) on disposition of Peace Oil property and Peace Oil Corp.			1,525,105
Loss from continuing operations, before income taxes and minority interest	(911,432)	(1,708,820)	(45,608,224)
Benefit (provision) for income taxes
Income (loss) before non-controlling interest	(911,432)	(1,708,820)	(44,696,792)
Income (loss) applicable to non-controlling interest			3,679,096
Net income (loss)	(911,432)	(1,708,820)	(41,929,128)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Unrealized gain (loss) on available for sale securities	(104,018)	381,402	(104,018)
Foreign currency translation adjustment
Comprehensive income (loss)	$ (1,015,450)	$ (1,327,418)	$ (42,033,146)
Income (loss) per common share - basic and diluted	$ (0.08)	$ (0.53)
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted	11,546,225	3,217,914