Supplementary Oil and Gas Information (unaudited) (Details 4) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Supplementary Oil And Gas Information Details 3
Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows, beginning of year	$ 2,552,670	$ 5,989,127
Sales of oil and gas, net of production costs and taxes	(224,105)	23,891
Purchases of reserves in place	0	589,190
Sales of reserves in place	0	0
Changes in development costs	0	(699,000)
Revisions of previous estimates	(802,699)	(440,871)
Changes in prices and production costs	(898,393)	(4,661,912)
Net changes in income taxes	0	1,153,332
Accretion of discount	255,267	598,913
Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows, end of year	$ 882,740	$ 2,552,670