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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Details Textual)	Feb. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 11, 2018	Feb. 01, 2018	Nov. 01, 2017 shares	Apr. 03, 2017 USD ($) shares	Oct. 31, 2017 USD ($) Acres	Sep. 29, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	May 01, 2018	Jan. 31, 2018	Aug. 15, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 15, 2017 USD ($)
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Transaction and due diligence costs								18,900,000
Aggregate cash consideration								8,600,000
Borrowing Revolver Increased											$ 8,000,000
Principal amount								$ 2,000,000
Percentage of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities								100.00%
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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Textual)
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Class B Units [Member]
Acquisitions and Divestitures (Textual)
Profits interest								14.70%
Aggregate share ownership								14.70%
Carbon California [Member]
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Recognized gain based on fair value								$ 5,400,000
Qualifies as a business combination, description			We recognized 100% of the identifiable assets acquired, liabilities assumed and the non-controlling interest at their respective fair value as of the date of the acquisition. We exchanged 1,527,778 common shares at a fair value of approximately $8.3 million ($5.45 per share), for 11,000 Class A Units of Carbon California, representing a 38.59% profits ownership interest in Carbon California.
Percentage of profits interest			56.40%						53.92%	17.81%
Acquisitions issuance shares, description			On February 1, 2018, Yorktown exercised the California Warrant resulting in the issuance of 1,527,778 shares of our common stock in exchange for Yorktown’s Class A Units of Carbon California representing approximately 46.96% of the outstanding Class A Units of Carbon California (a profits interest of approximately 38.59%). After giving effect to the exercise on February 1, 2018, we owned 56.4% of the voting and profits interests of Carbon California.
Bearing interest of per annum									12.00%
Percentage of identifiable assets acquired and liabilities									53.92%
Carbon Appalachia [Member]
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Profits interest								100.00%
Recognized gain based on fair value								$ 1,300,000
Purchase price								58,100,000
Description of seneca acquisition					(i) issued Class A Units to us, Yorktown and Old Ironsides for an aggregate cash consideration of $12.0 million, (ii) issued Class B Units to us, and (iii) issued Class C Units to us. Additionally, Carbon Appalachia Enterprises, LLC, formerly known as Carbon Tennessee Company, LLC ("Carbon Appalachia Enterprises"), a subsidiary of the Company, entered into a 4-year $100.0 million senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility with LegacyTexas Bank (the "Revolver") with an initial borrowing base of $10.0 million.
Equity commitment					$ 2,000,000			$ 37,000,000
Aggregate cash consideration											14,000,000
Borrowing Revolver Increased											$ 22,000,000
Aggregate share ownership								100.00%
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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Textual)
Acquisitions issuance shares, description							(i) 9,805 Class A Units, (ii) 1,000 Class B Units and (iii) 121 Class C Units, which equated to a 27.24% aggregate share ownership of Carbon Appalachia.
Equity commitment					$ 240,000
Aggregate cash consideration							$ 11,000,000
Acquired of Class A Units								$ 58,100,000
Acquired cash paid								33,000,000
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Warrant to purchase common stock \| shares					1,000
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Aggregate share ownership									46.08%
Purchase Agreement [Member]
Acquisitions and Divestitures (Textual)
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Non-operated oil wells covering, gross acres \| Acres						6,800
Non-operated oil wells covering, net \| Acres						6,600
Purchase price						$ 43,000,000
Description of seneca acquisition						We contributed approximately $5.0 million to Carbon California to fund our portion of the purchase price. We raised our $5.0 million through the issuance of 50,000 shares of Preferred Stock to Yorktown. Prudential also contributed $5.0 million to fund its share of the equity portion of the purchase price. Carbon California funded the remaining purchase price from cash, increased borrowings under the Senior Revolving Notes and $3.0 million in proceeds from the issuance of Senior Subordinated Notes.
Assumed liabilities						$ 330,000
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Principal amount								$ 25,100,000
Bearing interest of per annum								10.00%
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Acquisitions and Divestitures (Textual)
Principal amount	$ 2,000,000
ARO [Member] \| Seneca Acquisition [Member]
Acquisitions and Divestitures (Textual)
Assumed liabilities						$ 5,100,000
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Description of liberty acquisition		We completed an acquisition of 54 operated oil and gas wells covering approximately 55,000 gross acres (22,000 net) and the associated mineral interests in the Appalachian Basin for a purchase price of $3.0 million, subject to customary and standard purchase price adjustments (the "Liberty Acquisition"). The Liberty Acquisition increased our ownership in the acquired wells from 60% to 100%. The Liberty Acquisition was funded through borrowings under our Credit Facility. The Liberty Acquisition is accounted for as a non-significant asset acquisition.