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Capitalized costs which include those incurred to (1) to drill and equip those exploratory wells and exploratory-type stratigraphic test wells that have found proved reserves and (2) obtain access to proved reserves and provide facilities for extracting, treating, gathering, storing the oil and gas, including the drilling and equipping of development wells and development-type stratigraphic wells and service wells.

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Related Party Transactions (Details)		1 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details)	Dec. 31, 2016	Feb. 08, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2019 USD ($) well	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Jan. 13, 2016 well
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Advances from related party				$ 4,478,000	$ 9,839,000
BCE
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Advances from related party					9,800,000
Land consulting services \| Vice President \| David Murrell, VP of Land and Business Development
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total fees paid to ARM			$ 36,000
Land consulting services \| Predecessor \| Vice President \| David Murrell, VP of Land and Business Development
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total fees paid to ARM		$ 28,000
Compensation to related party \| Vice President \| David Mcclure Vp of Facilities and Infrastructure
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total compensation			970,197	768,860
Compensation to related party \| Landman \| David Pepper, Surface Land Manager
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total compensation			$ 112,761	70,180
Compensation to related party \| Predecessor \| Vice President \| David Mcclure Vp of Facilities and Infrastructure
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total compensation		$ 28,874
Compensation to related party \| Predecessor \| Landman \| David Pepper, Surface Land Manager
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total compensation					$ 67,322
Joint Development Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of wells to be drilled in three tranches \| well							60
Number of additional wells to be drilled \| well							20
Reduced interest (percent)	12.50%
Internal rate of return	25.00%
Joint Development Agreement \| BCE
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Percent committed to fund	100.00%
Drilling and completion costs (maximum)						$ 3,200,000
Working interest received (percent)	80.00%
Reduced interest (percent)	20.00%
Internal rate of return	15.00%
Advances from related party				$ 39,500,000
Number of wells drilled \| well				61