CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 20,297,982	$ 15,773,987
Oil, natural gas and NGL receivables	16,934,026	18,809,170
Commodity derivative assets	2,380,629	2,981,117
Accounts receivable and other current assets	440,390	50,551
Total current assets	40,053,027	37,614,825
Property and equipment, net	1,202,434	429,602
Investment in affiliate (equity method)	2,885,037
Oil and natural gas properties
Oil and natural gas properties, using full cost method of accounting ($299,613,448 and $280,304,353 excluded from depletion at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively)	987,942,123	818,594,943
Less: accumulated depreciation, depletion, accretion and impairment	(211,242,100)	(107,779,453)
Total oil and natural gas properties, net	776,700,023	710,815,490
Deposits on oil and natural gas properties	986,000
Right-of-use assets, net	3,466,101
Commodity derivative assets	969,062	1,246,829
Loan origination costs, net	2,483,443	3,178,627
Total assets	828,745,127	753,285,373
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	1,131,402	1,331,081
Other current liabilities	5,667,143	2,468,945
Total current liabilities	6,798,545	3,800,026
Operating lease liabilities	3,436,847
Long-term debt	91,261,477	87,309,544
Total liabilities	101,496,869	91,109,570
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)
Mezzanine equity:
Series A preferred units (110,000 units issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018)	73,365,147	69,449,006
Unitholders' equity
Common units (23,520,219 units issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2019 and 18,056,487 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018)	341,969,430	299,821,901
Class B units (23,388,258 units issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2019 and 19,453,258 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018)	1,169,413	972,663
Total unitholders' equity	343,138,843	300,794,564
Noncontrolling interest	310,744,268	291,932,233
Total equity	653,883,111	592,726,797
Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and unitholders' equity	$ 828,745,127	$ 753,285,373