2.4.0.8008 - Disclosure - NOTE 4 - STOCK BASED COMPENSATIONtruefalsefalse1false falsefalsec4_From1Jan2013To30Jun2013http://www.sec.gov/CIK0000864839duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1royl_DisclosureOfCompensationRelatedCostsShareBasedPaymentsTextBlockAbstractroyl_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]2false 2us-gaap_DisclosureOfCompensationRelatedCostsShareBasedPaymentsTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">NOTE 4 – STOCK BASED COMPENSATION</font> </div><br/><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"> <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">During the Board of Directors meeting held in December 2010, directors and officers of Royale Energy were each granted 50,000 stock options, a total of 400,000 options, to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $3.25 per share.  These options are to vest in two parts; the first 200,000 options vested on January 1, 2011; the remaining 200,000 options vested on January 1, 2012.  The options were granted with a legal life of five years, and a service period of two years beginning on January 1, 2011.  During the first six months of 2012 Royale recognized costs of $19,630 relating to this grant as well as $5,696 in a tax benefit relating to this grant.  No stock-based compensation was recognized during the first six months of 2013.</font></font> </div><br/>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5047-113901 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 505 -SubTopic 50 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6406099&loc=d3e25284-112666 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 40 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6418621&loc=d3e17540-113929 Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5444-113901 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 14 false0Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]falseNOTE 4 - STOCK BASED COMPENSATIONUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://www.royl.com/role/NOTE4STOCKBASEDCOMPENSATION12