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Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)	Jul. 31, 2019 USD ($) a	Jul. 29, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 08, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 15, 2014 USD ($) shares	Sep. 08, 2009	Jun. 06, 2009	Mar. 23, 2009 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) shares	Jun. 19, 2019 $ / shares	May 21, 2018	Apr. 20, 2017	Nov. 08, 2016	Oct. 15, 2015 $ / shares	Oct. 07, 2015 $ / shares	Jul. 15, 2015 $ / shares shares	Jul. 07, 2015 $ / shares	Dec. 27, 2013 $ / shares
Asset retirement obligations									$ 1,716,003	$ 1,716,003
Interest rate													8.00%	8.00%	8.00%			8.00%	8.00%
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Warrant to purchase shares of common stock \| shares									34,000	2,074,000								3,500
Warrant exercise price \| $ / shares												$ 0.50				$ 5.60	$ 5.60	$ 5.60	$ 5.60
Number of shares issued \| shares				15,000							15,000
Seeking of reclamation costs								$ 30,000
Estimated liability relating each operating well								45,103
Total estimated liability relating to all operating wells								$ 780,000
Payment for demand				$ 56,000
Payment for investor relations services				$ 7,000
Payments made for new issued common stock											$ 14,000
Number of shares issued during period settlement of final termination agreement \| shares				2,800
Damages amount				$ 79,594
Cambrian Consultants America, Inc [Member]
Default judgment granted against the company			$ 96,877
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Core Energy, LLC [Member]
Contiguous acres \| a	11,000
Proceeds from sale of property, percentage	10.00%
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Warrant exercise price \| $ / shares		$ 5
December 2013 Note [Member]
Warrant exercise price \| $ / shares																				$ 15.00
December 2013 Note [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
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8% Promissory Note [Member]
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8% Promissory Note [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
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Number of shares issued \| shares		740,500
Purchase Option, Prior to December 31, 2019 [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Core Energy, LLC [Member]
Acquisition of oil and gas properties	$ 2,500,000
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Perlas Block and Tyra Block [Member] \| 2016 [Member]
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Payments of training fees									350,000	325,000
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Payments of area fees									194,485	180,000
Payments of training fees									350,000	325,000
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Payments of area fees									194,485	180,000
Payments of training fees									350,000	325,000
Perlas Block and Tyra Block [Member] \| 2019 [Member]
Payments of area fees									194,485	180,000
Payments of training fees									$ 350,000	$ 325,000