17. Leases	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Leases	We are currently under a ten-year lease agreement expiring in 2017 for office space in downtown Houston, Texas, which serves as our company headquarters. We are committed to pay a portion of the related actual operating expenses under the lease agreement, which includes free rent periods or escalating rent payment provisions. We recognize rent expense under such arrangements on a straight-line basis. For the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, rent expense for the office lease was $26,129 and $25,161, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, rent expense for the office lease was $77,787 and $ 76,382, respectively.

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Disclosure of accounting policy for leasing arrangements (both lessor and lessee). This disclosure may address (1) lease classification (that is, operating versus capital), (2) how the term of a lease is determined (for example, the circumstances in which a renewal option is considered part of the lease term), (3) how rental revenue or expense is recognized for a lease that contains rent escalations, (4) an entity's accounting treatment for deferred rent, including that which arises from lease incentives, rent abatements, rent holidays, or tenant allowances (5) an entity's accounting treatment for contingent rental payments and (6) an entity's policy for reviewing, at least annually, the residual values of sales-type and direct-finance leases. The disclosure also may indicate how the entity accounts for its capital leases, leveraged leases or sale-leaseback transactions.

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