Oil and Gas Reserve Data (Unaudited) (Details Narrative)	12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016 USD ($) Wells $ / shares MMBbls	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares
Barrels of oil equivalent \| MMBbls	2,051,000
Percentage of estimated proved reserves of oil and natural gas liquids	53.00%
Percentage of estimated proved reserves of natural gas	47.00%
Estimated proved oil and gas reserves rate	47.00%
Future cash flows estimated to be spent to develop our share of proved undeveloped properties through March 31, 2021 \| $	$ 9,617,000	$ 6,617,000	$ 4,826,000
Estimated future cash flows discounted rate	10.00%	10.00%	10.00%
Average prices used, per bbl \| $ / shares	$ 41.76	$ 74.84	$ 94.23
Average prices used, per mcf \| $ / shares	$ 1.998	$ 3.595	$ 3.67
2017 [Member]
Number of drilled wells	14
2018 [Member]
Number of drilled wells	14
2019 [Member]
Number of drilled wells	16
2020 [Member]
Number of drilled wells	18
Goldsmith Field [Member]
Number of drilled wells	4
Number of operated drilled wells	3
Others Plans [Member]
Number of drilled wells	63
Number of operated drilled wells	1
67 New Wells [Member]
Number of drilled wells	67
Number of operated drilled wells	4

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Percentage of estimated proved reserves of natural gas.

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Percentage of estimated proved reserves of oil and natural gas liquids.

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The number of nonproductive development wells (dry wells) drilled in the geographic area. A dry well (hole) is a well found to be incapable of producing either oil or gas in sufficient quantities to justify completion as an oil or gas well. The number of wells drilled refers to the number of wells (holes) completed at any time during the fiscal years, regardless when drilling was initiated.

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The number of productive exploratory wells drilled in the geographic area. A productive well is a well that is not a dry well. The number of wells drilled refers to the number of wells (holes) completed at any time during the fiscal years, regardless when drilling was initiated.

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Net quantities of an enterprise's interests in proved developed reserves of either crude oil (including condensate and natural gas liquids), natural gas, synthetic oil and gas, or other nonrenewable natural resource that is intended to be upgraded into synthetic oil and gas as of the beginning and the end of the year. "Net" quantities of reserves include those relating to the enterprise's operating and nonoperating interests in properties. Quantities of reserves relating to royalty interests owned are included in "net" quantities if the necessary information is available to the enterprise. "Net" quantities does not include reserves relating to interests of others in properties owned by the enterprise. The unit of measure for reserve quantities is defined as "barrels" for oil and synthetic oil reserves or "cubic feet" or "cubic meters" for natural gas and synthetic gas reserves.

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