NOTE 4 - STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN	9 Months Ended
NOTE 4 - STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN	Sep. 30, 2016
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]	NOTE 4 – STOCK COMPENSATION PLAN During the October 10, 2014 Board of Directors meeting, directors and executive offices of Royale Energy were granted 20,000 options each, 140,000 total, to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per share. These options were granted for a period of 3 years and will expire after December 31, 2017. As of September 30, 2016, 100,000 options are currently exercisable and 40,000 options have expired. There were no stock compensation costs related to this option grant recognized during the nine months ended September 30, 2016. During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, Royale recognized compensation costs of $86,878 relating to this option grant.

The 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.