Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021
Revenues:
Other	$ 7	$ 2	$ 12	$ 8
Total revenue	14,536	18,443	26,721	35,113
Operating costs and expenses:
Lease operating	2,518	4,067	5,091	8,447
Production and ad valorem taxes	1,156	1,688	2,295	3,073
Rig expense	118	128	224	244
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion	1,567	4,242	3,147	8,139
General and administrative (including stock-based compensation of $138, $196 $325 and $507, respectively)	1,900	2,262	3,818	4,311
Total operating cost and expenses	7,259	12,387	14,575	24,214
Operating income	7,277	6,056	12,146	10,899
Other (income) expense:
Interest income	(1)	(4)	(1)	(9)
Interest expense	30	7,662	100	13,685
Gain on sale of oil and gas assets	0	0	(29,359)	0
Loss (gain) on sale of non-oil and gas assets	0	(29)	669	(29)
Amortization of deferred financing fees	0	1,201	0	2,402
Financing fees	0	1,284	0	1,284
Debt forgiveness			(6,645)	1,384
Other	500	0	500	0
Loss on derivative contracts	0	9,947	0	32,645
Total other expense (income)	529	20,061	(34,736)	48,594
Income (loss) before income tax	6,748	(14,005)	46,882	(37,695)
Income tax (expense) benefit	0	0	0	0
Net income (loss)	6,748	(14,005)	46,882	(37,695)
Accretion of preferred stock	2,081	0	4,064	0
Net income (loss) attributable to common stock	$ 4,667	$ (14,005)	$ 42,818	$ (37,695)
Net income (loss) per common share - basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.61	$ (1.67)	$ 5.92	$ (4.49)
Net income (loss) per common share - diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 0.50	$ (1.67)	$ 4.82	$ (4.49)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	7,686	8,403	7,230	8,403
Diluted (in shares)	9,336	8,403	8,880	8,403
Paycheck Protection Program, CARES Act [Member]
Other (income) expense:
Debt forgiveness	$ (0)	$ (0)	$ 6,645	$ 1,384
Oil Revenues [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	11,283	15,768	21,574	29,693
Gas Revenues [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	2,168	1,259	3,299	2,929
Natural Gas Liquids Revenues [Member]
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 1,078	$ 1,414	$ 1,836	$ 2,483