Oil and natural gas properties (under successful efforts accounting) (Details Narrative) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Extractive Industries [Abstract]
Depletion, depreciation, and accretion expense	$ 75,199	$ 78,031

The aggregate expense recognized in the current period that allocates the cost of tangible assets, intangible assets, or depleting assets to periods that benefit from use of the assets.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 28

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=31042434&loc=d3e3602-108585

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Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	duration