CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (USD $)	Common Stock	CAPITAL IN EXCESS OF PAR VALUE OF COMMON STOCK:	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income / Loss	Accumulated Earnings /Deficit	Total
Beginning Balance, Amount at Dec. 31, 2012	$ 540	$ 2,182,293	$ 268,841	$ (10,885,832)
Retroactive effect of change to no par value upon merger closing on September 10, 2014	2,182,293	(2,182,293)
Employee restricted stock awards (178,732 shares, vested April 1, 2013, issued September 11, 2014)	486,632
Comprehensive income (loss) from commodity derivative instruments, net of income taxes			(230,071)
Net loss attributable to Yuma Energy, Inc.				(33,050,103)
Preferred stock accretion (Series A and B)				(1,101,972)
Preferred stock cash dividends (Series A and B)				(145,900)
Preferred stock dividends paid in kind (Series A and B)				(5,412,281)
Ending Balance, Amount at Dec. 31, 2013	2,669,465	0	38,770	(50,596,088)	(47,887,853)
Convert Series A preferred stock to 15,112,295 shares of common stock on September 10, 2014	71,028,086
Convert Series B preferred stock to 7,771,192 shares of common stock on September 10, 2014	36,524,852
Pyramid Oil Company 4,788,085 shares outstanding last day of trading September 10, 2014	22,504,000
Fair value of Pyramid Oil Company stock options	100,500
Employee restricted stock awards (107,291 shares, vested and issued September 11, 2014)	537,528
Stock awards (100,000 shares) to employees, directors and consultants of Pyramid Oil Company vested upon the change in control and issued September 11, 2014	501,000
Comprehensive income (loss) from commodity derivative instruments, net of income taxes			(1,763)		41,479
Net loss attributable to Yuma Energy, Inc.				(18,997,712)	(18,997,712)
Preferred stock accretion (Series A and B)				(786,536)
Preferred stock cash dividends (Series A and B)				(445,152)
Preferred stock dividends paid in kind (Series A and B)				(4,133,380)
Ending Balance, Amount at Sep. 30, 2014	$ 133,865,431	$ 0	$ 37,007	$ (74,958,868)	$ 58,943,570