CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (Unaudited) - USD ($)	COMMON STOCK, NO PAR VALUE:	PERPETUAL PREFERRED STOCK	ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS):	ACCUMULATED EARNINGS (DEFICIT):	Total
Beginning Balance, Amount at Dec. 31, 2013	$ 2,669,465		$ 38,770	$ (50,596,088)
Beginning Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2013	41,074,950	0
Sales of stock, Amount		$ 9,958,217
Sales of stock, shares		507,739
Restricted stock awards vested, Amount	$ 3,272,638
Restricted stock awards vested, Shares	19,440
Buy back of shares from vested stock awards, Amount
Stock appreciation rights issued, not vested
Restricted stock unit awards, Amount	$ 869,231
Restricted stock unit awards, Shares	273,907
Convert preferred stock to 22,883,487 shares of common stock on September 10, 2014	$ 107,552,938
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
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			31
Series A perpetual preferred stock cash dividends				(224,098)
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)
Net loss				(20,225,150)
Ending Balance, Amount at Dec. 31, 2014	$ 137,469,772	$ 9,958,217	38,801	(76,410,404)	$ 71,056,386
Ending Balance, Shares at Dec. 31, 2014	69,139,869	507,739
Sales of stock, Amount	$ 1,363,160	$ 870,386
Sales of stock, shares	1,347,458	46,857
Restricted stock awards vested, Amount	$ 3,079,743
Restricted stock awards vested, Shares	1,451,237
Buy back of shares from vested stock awards, Amount	$ (300,732)
Buy back shares from vested stock awards, Shares	(328,823)
Stock appreciation rights issued, not vested	$ 95,559
Comprehensive income (loss) from commodity derivative instruments, net of income taxes			(48,211)
Series A perpetual preferred stock cash dividends				(940,315)
Net loss				(11,572,395)	(11,572,395)
Ending Balance, Amount at Sep. 30, 2015	$ 141,707,502	$ 10,828,603	$ (9,410)	$ (88,923,114)	$ 63,603,581
Ending Balance, Shares at Sep. 30, 2015	71,609,741	554,596