Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Summary of Operations in Different Segments

Certain financial information concerning our operations in different segments is as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30		Exploration and Production			Pipeline Transmission			Corporate			Total
Revenue		2015	$	2,662,511		$	45,845		$	2,765		$	2,711,121
		2014		6,667,618			44,256			63,407			6,775,281
Income (Loss) from operations		2015		(675,929	)		22,719			(752,871	)		(1,406,081	)
		2014		923,945			(21,715	)		(7,713,446	)		(6,811,216	)
Interest expense		2015		6,114,306			—			2,708			6,117,014
		2014		3,456,817			—			1,567			3,458,384
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion		2015		961,880			250			17,436			979,566
		2014		2,532,782			250			—			2,533,032
Property and equipment acquisitions, including oil and gas properties		2015		(79,082	)		—			—			(79,082	)
		2014		8,056,902						6,383			8,063,285

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30		Exploration and Production			Pipeline Transmission		Corporate			Total
Revenue		2015	$	10,668,175		$	129,734	$	8,679		$	10,806,588
		2014		24,816,633			121,875		69,840			25,008,348
Income (Loss) from operations		2015		(4,207,934	)		74,856		(3,772,411	)		(7,905,489	)
		2014		8,301,050			7,141		(10,689,310	)		(2,381,119	)
Interest expense		2015		12,276,046			—		4,448			12,280,494
		2014		17,336,337			—		6,156			17,342,493
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion		2015		5,313,113			750		57,160			5,371,023
		2014		6,814,714			856		—			6,815,570
Property and equipment acquisitions, including oil and gas properties		2015		114,515			—		5,168			119,683
		2014		24,064,991			—		8,470			24,073,461
Total assets, net of intercompany accounts:
September 30, 2015				101,320,197			65,127					101,385,324
December 31, 2014				111,755,587			13,558					11,769,145