Tellurian Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Basis of Presentation (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

One Stone Exchange (Details)

v3.5.0.2

One Stone Exchange (Details) - USD ($)					12 Months Ended
One Stone Exchange (Details) - USD ($)	Aug. 11, 2016	Aug. 01, 2016	Apr. 15, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Contribution to equity		$ 9,892,000
Notes payable					$ 783,000	$ 104,000
PIK dividends		22,815,748
PBOs and MBOs
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Share-based compensation expense (reversal of expense)		$ 369,000
Investor \| One Stone \| One Stone Exchange Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Cash amount received		900,000
Disposal Group, including Discontinued Operations, Transaction Costs, Cumulative					690,000	968,000
Transaction costs					$ 278,000
Notes payable			$ 625,000
Basis spread on variable rate			1.00%
Interest rate					4.50%
Estimated amount due					$ 1,200,000
Director \| One Stone \| One Stone Exchange Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Outstanding amount forgiven		$ 174,000
Contract Termination, Expense Reimbursement \| Investor \| One Stone \| One Stone Exchange Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss				$ 200,000		200,000
Contract Termination, Termination Fee \| Investor \| One Stone \| One Stone Exchange Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Estimate of possible loss				$ 750,000		$ 750,000
Nautilus Poplar, LLC (NP) \| One Stone \| One Stone Exchange Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage, sold in period				100.00%
Utah CO2 LLC \| One Stone \| One Stone Exchange Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Ownership percentage, sold in period				51.00%
Series A Preferred Stock
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percent of shares transferred				100.00%
Series A Preferred Stock \| One Stone \| One Stone Exchange Agreement
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percent of shares transferred				100.00%

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