Oil and Gas Concessions (Details)		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) Block	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Analysis of cost of oil and gas concessions [Abstract]
Oil and gas concessions		$ 6,016,014	$ 6,006,235
DRSTP Concession [Member]
Analysis of cost of oil and gas concessions [Abstract]
Oil and gas concessions		$ 3,113,795	3,113,795
Analysis of Costs Paid, payable or Incurred [Abstract]
Right to receive working interest signature free bonus		100.00%
Option to acquire paid working interest		15.00%
Chad Concession [Member]
Analysis of cost of oil and gas concessions [Abstract]
Oil and gas concessions		$ 2,800,600	2,800,600
Analysis of Costs Paid, payable or Incurred [Abstract]
Signature bonus		2,000,000	2,000,000
Advisers' and ancillary costs related to the PSC		320,600	320,600
Legal fees and costs for the drafting and negotiation of the PSC, as provided in PSC		480,000	480,000
Total costs paid, payable or incurred		2,800,600	2,800,600
Future commitment to spend under the minimum work program, next five years, minimum		15,000,000
Future commitment to spend under the minimum work program, additional three years, minimum		1,000,000
Future commitment to incur surface fees per calendar year, next eight years		$ 16,360
Blocks to be relinquished | Block		2
Blocks covered by PSC | Block		3
Minimum work program		5 years
Additional work program		3 years
Period when surface fees are incurred		8 years
Kenya concession [Member]
Analysis of Costs Paid, payable or Incurred [Abstract]
Future minimum commitment to spend over first two years on minimum work program			10,250,000
Additional future minimum commitment to spend over two periods of two years each			$ 30,000,000
Period for initial exploration term under production sharing contract			2 years
Future commitment to incur surface fees per calendar year, next two years			$ 60,000
Annual training fees			175,000
Reimbursements from CEPSA			2,175,966
Farm-in fee reimbursed from CEPSA			$ 2,000,000
Interest transferred and assigned	55.00%		55.00%
Gain on sale of partial interest on sale of concessions		$ 239,515	$ 2,724,793
Capitalized concession costs recovered			555,642
Pending Concessions in other African Countries [Member]
Analysis of cost of oil and gas concessions [Abstract]
Oil and gas concessions		$ 101,619	$ 91,840