Financial instruments and risk management (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Disclosure Of Financial Instruments And Risk Management [Abstract]

Disclosure of detailed information about maximum exposure to credit risk [Table Text Block]

		December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Cash	$	8,622,815	$	2,889,558
Accounts receivable		18,797,635		6,121,963
	$	27,420,450	$	9,011,521

Disclosure of detailed information about accounts receivable credit risk [Table Text Block]

		December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Trade receivables from sales of crude oil and natural gas	$	18,110,135	$	5,593,956
Joint interest billing receivables and other	$	687,500		528,007
Balance, end of period	$	18,797,635	$	6,121,963

Disclosure of detailed information about accounts receivable aging [Table Text Block]

		December 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
Current	$	15,420,816	$	4,907,872
31 - 60 days		3,376,819		686,084
61 - 90		-		-
Greater than 90 days		-		528,007
Balance, end of period	$	18,797,635	$	6,121,963

Disclosure of detailed information about financial liabilities and scheduled maturities [Table Text Block]

		Carrying value		Contractual cash flow		Less than one year		1 - 3 years		Greater than 3 years
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	48,245,677	$	48,245,677	$	48,245,677	$	-	$	-
Commodity contracts		20,381,180		20,381,180		6,479,508		7,988,934		5,912,738
Promissory notes		-		-		-		-		-
Lease liability		489,943		485,975		78,745		407,230		-
Asset backed preferred instrument		18,687,351		18,687,351		18,687,351				-
Development partnerships liabilities		46,894,643		46,894,643		46,894,643		-		-
Long-term debt		23,199,141		25,237,409		7,722,206		10,805,685		6,709,518
Total	$	157,897,935	$	159,932,235	$	128,108,130	$	19,201,849	$	12,622,256

Disclosure of detailed information about risk management contracts to manage commodity price risk [Table Text Block]

Commodity	Expiry	Type	Average Price	Remaining Notional	Index
				Total Volumes (1)
Ethane (gallons)	Jan 2022 - Dec 2023	Swap	$0.20	4,044,242	NGL-Mont Belvieu
Propane (gallons)	Jan 2022 - Dec 2023	Swap	$0.52	2,486,520	NGL-Mont Belvieu
Natural gas (gallons)	Jan 2022 - Dec 2023	Swap	$0.95	1,593,236	NGL-Mont Belvieu
Isobutane (gallons)	Jan 2022 - Dec 2023	Swap	$0.56	520,281	NGL-Mont Belvieu
Norbutane (gallons)	Jan 2022 - Dec 2023	Swap	$0.57	1,209,751	NGL-Mont Belvieu
Natural gas (mmbtu)	Jan 2022 - Dec 2028	Differential	$0.07	2,494,923	Henry Hub -Nymex vs East TX
		Swap
Natural gas (mmbtu)	Jan 2022 - Dec 2028	Swap	$2.61	2,396,296	Henry Hub -Nymex
Crude oil (bbl)	Jan 2022 - Dec 2028	Swap	$43.38	740,533	WTI-Nymex
Crude oil (bbl)	Jan - Jun 2022	Put	$40.00	700,000	WTI-Nymex
Crude oil (bbl)	Jan - Nov 2022	Short	$68.78-77.42	84,000	WTI-Nymex
Natural gas (mmbtu)	Feb - Oct 2022	Short	$3.58-4.98	390,000	Nat Gas-Nymex

Disclosure of detailed information about capital employed [Table Text Block]

		December 31, 2021	December 31, 2020
Long-term debt (note 9)	$	23,199,141	$	40,262,470
Promissory notes (note 10)		-		5,425,000
Development partnership liabilities (note 7)		46,894,643		-
Asset backed preferred instrument (note 12)		18,687,351		-
Shareholder's Equity excluding NCI		1,965,022		2,362,907
Capital Employed	$	90,746,157	$	48,050,377