Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Revenues:
Land services	$ 330,382	$ 950,110
Oil and gas sales	119,191	12,430
Total revenues	449,573	962,540
Operating expenses:
Oil & gas lease operating expenses	107,018	6,566
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization	5,062	18,336
Selling, general, and administrative expenses	994,801	439,068
Total operating expenses	1,106,881	463,970
Income (loss) from operations	(657,308)	498,570
Other income (expense):
Interest and dividend income	7,332
Gain on sale of securities	585
Interest expense	(18,359)	(178,881)
Total other income (expense)	(10,442)	(178,881)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(667,750)	319,689
Income tax provision	(1,810)	(9,547)
Income (loss) from continuing operations	(669,560)	310,142
Discontinued Operations
Loss from discontinued operations, before taxes		(7,127,893)
Income tax benefit		249,740
Loss from discontinued operations		(6,878,153)
Net loss	(669,560)	(6,568,011)
Non-controlling interest		5,017
Net loss attributable to NYTEX Energy Holdings, Inc.	(669,560)	(6,562,994)
Preferred stock dividends		(129,272)
Net loss to common stockholders	$ (669,560)	$ (6,692,266)
Basic and diluted earnings per share:
Earnings (loss) from continuing operations (in dollars per share)	$ (0.03)	$ 0.01
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations (in dollars per share)		$ (0.25)
Net loss (in dollars per share)	$ (0.03)	$ (0.24)
Net loss attributable to common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ (0.03)	$ (0.24)
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted
Basic (in shares)	26,657,389	27,472,558
Diluted (in shares)	26,657,389	27,889,764