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	Jul. 25, 2022 USD ($)	Mar. 18, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 30, 2020 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 USD ($) Patent	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2022 EUR (€)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 29, 2021 EUR (€)	Jan. 29, 2021 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)
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Cooperation Framework Agreement CFA [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
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Co Operation Agreement [Member]
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Covestro Deutschland AG Covestro [Member] \| Cooperation Framework Agreement CFA [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
Cash transferred from restricted cash to cash and cash equivalents \| €						€ 325,000
Datalog LWT, Inc. d/b/a Cordax Evaluation Technologies [Member]
Monetary relief, sought value		$ 104,500.01
Simon Fraser University [Member]
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Royalties				$ 0	$ 324
Prepaid royalties				197,016			$ 197,016
Toronto Dominion Bank TD [Member] \| Covestro Deutschland AG Covestro [Member] \| Cooperation Framework Agreement CFA [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
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RBC [Member] \| Satair [Member] \| Letter of Credit [Member]
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Line of credit facility				$ 0
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Tool Failure during Drilling Activities [Member] \| Datalog LWT, Inc. d/b/a Cordax Evaluation Technologies [Member]
Estimated recovery amount on the costs incurred of tool failure			$ 1,400,000
Breach of Contract [Member] \| WestPark Capital Group, LLC [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Monetary relief, sought value	$ 450,000
Breach of Contract [Member] \| Cordax Evaluation Technologies [Member]
Monetary relief, sought value			$ 104,500
Nanotech Security Corp [Member]
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2023				43,024
2024				$ 3,054
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