Business Segments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

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		2016	$	2,226,936		$	24,168	$	—		$	2,251,104
		2015	$	2,662,511		$	45,845	$	2,765		$	2,711,121
Income (Loss) from operations		2016		(977,140	)		26,769		(1,678,877	)		(2,629,248	)
		2015		(675,929	)		22,719		(752,871	)		(1,406,081	)
Interest expense		2016		7,449,447			—		43			7,449,490
		2015		6,114,306			—		2,708			6,117,014
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion		2016		1,754,307			167		8,257			1,762,731
		2015		961,880			250		17,436			979,566
Property and equipment acquisitions, including oil and gas properties		2016		512,575			—		13,303			525,878
		2015		(79,082	)		—		—			(79,082	)
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30		Exploration and Production			Pipeline Transmission		Corporate			Total
Revenue		2016	$	7,575,156		$	68,194	$	133		$	7,643,483
		2015	$	10,668,175		$	129,734	$	8,679		$	10,806,588
Income (Loss) from operations		2016		(11,197,480	)		43,674		(3,634,008	)		(14,787,814	)
		2015		(4,207,934	)		74,856		(3,772,411	)		(7,905,489	)
Interest expense		2016		21,469,571			—		2,091			21,471,662
		2015		12,276,046			—		4,448			12,280,494
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion		2016		12,261,293			667		26,875			12,288,835
		2015		5,313,113			750		57,160			5,371,023
Property and equipment acquisitions, including oil and gas properties		2016		(223,820	)		—		13,303			(210,517	)
		2015		114,515			—		5,168			119,683
Total assets, net of intercompany accounts:
September 30, 2016				77,866,823			70,893		—			77,937,716
December 31, 2015				93,265,585			47,322		—			93,312,907