CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 14,480,867	$ 14,204,250
Oil, natural gas and NGL receivables	14,257,713	19,170,762
Commodity derivative assets	7,339,322	687,933
Accounts receivable and other current assets	585,853	76,868
Total current assets	36,663,755	34,139,813
Property and equipment, net	1,297,203	1,327,057
Investment in affiliate (equity method)	4,372,757	2,952,264
Oil and natural gas properties
Oil and natural gas properties, using full cost method of accounting ($188,054,927 and $275,041,784 excluded from depletion at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2019, respectively)	1,033,552,717	1,033,355,017
Less: accumulated depreciation, depletion and impairment	(413,039,389)	(328,913,425)
Total oil and natural gas properties, net	620,513,328	704,441,592
Deposits on oil and natural gas properties	9,681,408
Right-of-use assets, net	3,332,164	3,399,634
Commodity derivative assets	2,444,040	116,568
Loan origination costs, net	1,950,808	2,217,126
Total assets	680,255,463	748,594,054
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	757,157	1,207,736
Other current liabilities	3,421,985	4,231,579
Total current liabilities	4,179,142	5,439,315
Operating lease liabilities, excluding current portion	3,057,156	3,124,416
Long-term debt	101,223,602	100,135,477
Total liabilities	108,459,900	108,699,208
Commitments and contingencies (Note 15)
Mezzanine equity:
Series A preferred units (55,000 and 110,000 units issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively)	40,819,707	74,909,732
Unitholders' equity:
Common units (34,378,849 units issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and 23,518,652 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019)	367,263,993	282,549,841
Class B units (20,644,047 units issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and 25,557,606 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019)	1,032,202	1,277,880
Total unitholders' equity	368,296,195	283,827,721
Noncontrolling interest	162,679,661	281,157,393
Total equity	530,975,856	564,985,114
Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and unitholders' equity	$ 680,255,463	$ 748,594,054