| Oil and gas operations | 130K |
| Interest and other income | |
| [Revenues] | 130K |
| Oil and gas operating expenses | 38K |
| General and administrative expenses | |
| Provision (benefit) for doubtful accounts | |
| Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion | |
| Interest expense and other losses | |
| [CostsAndExpenses] | |
| Equity in losses of Spitfire | |
| Gain on sale of investment | |
| [NonoperatingIncomeExpense] | -16K |
| Income (loss) from operations before income taxes | |
| Net income (loss) | |
| Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests | |
| Net income (loss) attributable to HKN, Inc. stockholders | -1.22M |
| Accrual of dividends related to preferred stock | 0 |
| Gain on payments of dividends of preferred stock | |
| Net income (loss) attributed to common stock | -1.22M |
| Net income (loss) per common share, basic and diluted (in Dollars per share) | -3.11 |
| Basic (in Shares) | |
| Diluted (in Shares) | |