Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Narrative) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 BWI	Dec. 31, 2012 BWI	Dec. 31, 2013 HBI	Dec. 31, 2013 Oil and Gas Properties	Dec. 31, 2012 Oil and Gas Properties	Dec. 31, 2013 Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Maximum	Jul. 31, 2012 Gerrity Oil Joint Venture	Jan. 31, 2013 HKN Bakken, Inc.	Sep. 30, 2012 Prior to Reverse Split	Oct. 31, 2012 After Reverse Split
Common shares authorized	2,000,000	2,000,000										24,000,000	2,000,000
HKN interest in Gerrity Oil, LLC joint venture										50.00%
Interest in joint venture transferred to newly formed corporation											50.00%
Percentage of newly formed corporation consolidated											100.00%
Interest paid during period	$ 0	$ 0
Income taxes paid during period	0	0
Trade receivables	285	195
Other receivables	49	8
Allowance for doubtful accounts recognized during period	0	65
Allowance for doubtful accounts, discontinued operations, recognized during period	2	156
BWI weathered lagoon plant	6,236	6,236
Construction in progress	8,833	1,717
Other property and equipment useful life								3 years	5 years
Other property and equipment depreciation expense during period	59	52
Developed oil and gas property subject to depletion	4,100
Undeveloped oil and gas property excluded from depletion calculation	354
Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense during period	743	469	220	215		479	212
Patents, gross	2,600
Patent amortization period								6 years	21 years
Patent accumulated amortization	924
Patent amortization expense during period	205	205
Ownership percentage of Global's outstanding shares	34.51%	34.22%
Prepaid drilling costs	239									335
Spare parts inventory	10
Arctic Star plant site lease deposit	10
Accrued capital costs			$ 1,100		$ 209