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The element represents description of service periods.

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The element represents option to purchase common shares.

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Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Description of the maturity date of the debt instrument including whether the debt matures serially and, if so, a brief description of the serial maturities.

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Amount of expense for employee benefit and equity-based compensation.

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For each line item in the statement of financial position, the amounts of gains and losses from fair value changes included in earnings.

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Amount of noncash expense for share-based payment arrangement.

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The risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Expected term of award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Number of options vested.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details Narrative) - USD ($)						6 Months Ended
Stock-Based Compensation (Details Narrative) - USD ($)	May 22, 2022	Feb. 28, 2022	Aug. 27, 2021	Apr. 03, 2021	Apr. 03, 2019	Aug. 28, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022
Description of option grant
Fair value option grants		$ 1,200,000
Unrecognised compensation expenses							$ 398,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Description of option grant
Fair value option grants							$ 585,000
Description of service periods	RSUs were granted to Board members with 13-month service periods. Total value assigned to the RSUs based on grant date was $1,545,000						RSUs were granted on February 28, 2022 with 12- and 13-month service periods
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense							$ 186,000
Second Quarter [Member]
Description of option grant
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense							139,000
Unrecognised compensation expenses							$ 1,406,000
Mr Morrissett [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Risk free interest rate					2.32%
Expected useful life					5 years 45 months
Empire Petroleum Corporation Stock Option Plan2019 [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Empire Petroleum Corporation Stock Option Plan2019 [Member] \| Mr Morrissett [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Exercise price					$ 1.32
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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Option to purchase common shares			187,500
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Expected annual volatility			229.00%
Risk free interest rate			0.81%
Expected useful life			3 years
Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Expected annual volatility						56.00%
Expected useful life		3 years
Description of option grant
Expiration date		August 2025 and 2026
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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
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Incentive Plan2025 [Member]
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Risk free interest rate						1.62%
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Risk free interest rate						1.67%
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