Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Note 6 - Summary of Income Tax Expense at Federal Rate (Details)

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Note 6 - Summary of Income Tax Expense at Federal Rate (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Computed tax expense at the statutory rate $ 18,001,044us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 14,049,902us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate $ 10,263,010us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationIncomeTaxExpenseBenefitAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Reduction in income taxes resulting from:      
Statutory depletion (1,569,762)tpl_IncometaxReconciliationStatutoryDeductions (1,317,177)tpl_IncometaxReconciliationStatutoryDeductions (799,957)tpl_IncometaxReconciliationStatutoryDeductions
State taxes 379,283us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 312,340us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes 227,718us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationStateAndLocalIncomeTaxes
Other, net (144,031)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments (120,995)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments (15,703)us-gaap_IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments
$ 16,666,534us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 12,924,070us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit $ 9,675,068us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit