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Sale of Oil and Gas Acreage
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2011
Sale of Oil and Gas Acreage [Abstract]  
SALE OF OIL AND GAS ACREAGE
NOTE 6 — SALE OF OIL AND GAS ACREAGE
On March 31, 2011, the Company sold 2,950 net acres to Republic Energy Ventures, LLC (“Republic”) at $4,750 per net acre for total pretax proceeds of $13,767,281 net of expenses. Acreage sold to Republic was distributed pro rata across the Company’s acreage. Proceeds from this transaction were used to repay $5 million to CIT in April, with the remainder being used to partially fund the drilling and completion expenses for certain wells.