Commitments (Details) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Rent expense	$ 30,967	$ 78,736
Lease description	Omagine leases its executive office in New York under a month to month lease from an unaffiliated third party.
Office space [Member]
Other Commitments [Line Items]
Rent expense	$ 35,880
Lease description	LLC leases office space in Muscat, Oman from an unaffiliated third party under a one year lease which commenced in January 2016.