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SUPPLEMENTAL OIL AND GAS INFORMATION (Schedule of Proved Oil and Gas Reserves Quantities) (Details) - MBbls	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Proved Oil and Gas Reserve Quantities [Abstract]
Balance beginning of the year (in Mbbl)	33,090	38,170
Revisions of previous estimates (in Mbbl)	186,546	4,685
Production (in Mbbl)	(8,539)	(9,765)
Balance end of the year (in Mbbl)	211,097	33,090

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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The net quantity of proved reserves as of the balance sheet date. Proved oil reserves are the estimated quantities of crude oil and natural gas liquids which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable.

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Production of proved reserves.

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Revisions represent changes in previous estimates of proved reserves, either upward or downward, resulting from new information (except for an increase in proved acreage) normally obtained from development drilling and production history or resulting from change in economic factors.

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