Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Fair Value (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Proved oil and gas properties, subject to write down	$ 1,640,147
Fair value of proved oil and gas properties	759,091	$ 896,193
Impairment losses	867,048	3,721,042
Eagleford Properties
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Impairment losses	303,312
Adams Baggett Properties
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Impairment losses	297,212
Permian Basin Fairway Operations
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Proved oil and gas properties, subject to write down		3,826,525
Impairment losses	99,682	3,587,020
Proved oil and gas property, subject to write down, fair value		239,505
Undeveloped Properties
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Impairment losses	$ 166,842
Properties other than Permian Basin Fairway Operations
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Proved oil and gas properties, subject to write down		792,530
Impairment losses		3,721,041
Proved oil and gas property, subject to write down, fair value		$ 658,509