Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		4 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Apr. 22, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Document Period End Date					Sep. 30, 2016
Discount rate for estimated future net revenues from proved properties					10.00%
Allowance for doubtful accounts receivable, current	$ 100,000			$ 100,000	$ 100,000		$ 100,000
Accounts receivable, gross	15,700,000			15,700,000	15,700,000		14,900,000
Accounts receivable related to joint interest owners	2,600,000			2,600,000	2,600,000		4,900,000
Severance tax receivable	2,100,000			2,100,000	2,100,000		1,200,000
Other receivables	900,000			900,000	$ 900,000		700,000
Percentage of working interest in wells					100.00%
Prepaid expenses	2,500,000			2,500,000	$ 2,500,000		4,400,000
Inventories carried at cost	400,000			400,000	400,000		600,000
Treasury Stock, Value	0			0	0
Accrued severance payment	2,100,000			2,100,000	$ 2,100,000
Minimum [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Estimated useful lives of property					2 years
Maximum [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Estimated useful lives of property					20 years
Successor [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Total capitalized internal costs	2,000,000			3,500,000
Proved oil and gas properties	518,289,000			518,289,000	$ 518,289,000
Unproved oil and gas properties	47,310,000			47,310,000	47,310,000
Furniture, fixtures, and other equipment	3,726,000			3,726,000	3,726,000
Less - Accumulated depreciation, depletion, and amortization	(160,117,000)			(160,117,000)	(160,117,000)
Property and Equipment, Net	409,208,000			409,208,000	409,208,000
Write-down of oil and gas properties	0			133,496,000
Total amount of supervision fees charged to wells	1,700,000			3,000,000
Trade accounts payable	5,056,000			5,056,000	5,056,000
Accrued operating expenses	3,126,000			3,126,000	3,126,000
Accrued payroll costs	3,513,000			3,513,000	3,513,000
Asset retirement obligation - current portion	2,922,000			2,922,000	2,922,000
Accrued non-income based taxes	6,505,000			6,505,000	6,505,000
Accrued price risk liabilities	5,373,000			5,373,000	5,373,000
Accrued corporate and legal fees	4,472,000			4,472,000	4,472,000
Other payables	2,427,000			2,427,000	2,427,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	33,394,000			33,394,000	33,394,000
Liabilities subject to compromise of the Predecessor Company (LSTC)	$ 0			$ 0	$ 0
Predecessor [Member]
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Total capitalized internal costs		$ 3,100,000	$ 2,900,000			$ 10,100,000
Proved oil and gas properties							5,972,666,000
Unproved oil and gas properties							18,839,000
Furniture, fixtures, and other equipment							44,252,000
Less - Accumulated depreciation, depletion, and amortization							(5,577,854,000)
Property and Equipment, Net							457,903,000
Write-down of oil and gas properties		321,522,000	77,732,000			1,084,595,000
Total amount of supervision fees charged to wells		$ 2,100,000	$ 2,700,000			$ 7,000,000
Trade accounts payable							0
Accrued operating expenses							0
Accrued payroll costs							0
Asset retirement obligation - current portion							7,165,000
Accrued non-income based taxes							0
Accrued price risk liabilities							0
Accrued corporate and legal fees							0
Other payables							498,000
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities							7,663,000
Liabilities subject to compromise of the Predecessor Company (LSTC)							984,388,000
Accounts Payable, Other, Current, Before Reclass to Liabilities Subject to Compromise							5,300,000
Accounts Payable, Other, Current, Reclassed to Liabilities Subject to Compromise							4,800,000
Treasury Stock, Value							$ 2,491,000