| Component: (Network and Table) | |
|---|---|
| Network | 2411402 - Disclosure - Asset Retirement Obligations - Summary of Asset Retirement Obligations (Details) (http://www.evolutionpetroleum.com/role/AssetRetirementObligationsSummaryOfAssetRetirementObligationsDetails)  | 
| Table | (Implied) | 
| Reporting Entity [Axis] | 0001006655 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK) | 
| Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] | Period [Axis] | ||
|---|---|---|---|
2015-07-01 - 2016-06-30  | 2014-07-01 - 2015-06-30  | 2013-07-01 - 2014-06-30  | |
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  | |||
Reconciliation of the beginning and ending asset retirement obligation  | |||
Asset retirement obligations—beginning of period  | |||
Liabilities incurred  | |||
Liabilities settled  | (  | ||
Liabilities sold  | (  | ||
Accretion of discount  | 49,054    | 34,866    | 41,626    | 
Revisions to previous estimates  | |||
Asset retirement obligations—ending of period  | 772,990    | 352,215    | |
Less: current asset retirement obligations  | (201,896)   | (57,223)   | |
Long-term portion of asset retirement obligations  | 760,300    | 715,767    | |