Lessee, Operating Lease, Lease Not yet Commenced, Number of Lease Extensions

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Lessee, Operating Lease, Lease Not yet Commenced, Term of Extension

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Lessee Operating Lease, Number Of Options To Extend

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Term of lessee's operating lease not yet commenced, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Term of lessee's operating lease renewal, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of operating lease expense. Excludes sublease income.

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Amount of increase in right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for operating lease liability.

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LEASES - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
LEASES - Narrative (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) renewal_option	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) extension renewal_option	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Operating lease expense \| $		$ 12.4	$ 11.2	$ 17.3
Right-of-use assets and lease liability \| $	$ 17.6
Initial lease term not yet commenced	12 years	12 years
Number of lease extensions \| extension		2
Term of extension		5 years
Tulsa Corporate Office Lease
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of renewal options \| renewal_option	2	2
Renewal option term	5 years	5 years
Tulsa Industrial Facility Lease
Lessee, Lease, Description [Line Items]
Number of renewal options \| renewal_option	2	2
Renewal option term	2 years	2 years