Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013 item
Going Concern
Number of remaining producing properties	2
Oil and gas producing property one
Going Concern
Estimated remaining economic reserve life of significant producing property	20 months
Oil and gas producing property two
Going Concern
Estimated remaining economic reserve life of significant producing property	8 months
Sand Dunes Property
Going Concern
Number of shut-in wells sold	4
Number of productive wells sold	3
Number of salt water disposal wells sold	1
Number of wells from which future cash flows generated will be significantly impacted by actual prices received, and by actual production volumes	2