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Acquisitions - Schedule of Preliminary purchase price (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  | 0 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended |  |  |  | 12 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Sep. 30, 2014 | Sep. 30, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2012 | Sep. 30, 2014 HHI Business | Sep. 30, 2013 HHI Business | Dec. 17, 2012 HHI Business | Nov. 08, 2013 Shaser Biosciences, Inc. | Dec. 31, 2013 Shaser Biosciences, Inc. | Sep. 30, 2013 Shaser Biosciences, Inc. | Nov. 08, 2012 Shaser Biosciences, Inc. | Apr. 08, 2013 TLM Taiwan | Sep. 30, 2014 The Liquid Fence Company [Member] | Mar. 05, 2013 HGI Cotton-Valley Oil and Gas Properties | Feb. 14, 2013 HGI Compass | Mar. 05, 2013 Compass Cotton-Valley Oil and Gas Properties | Feb. 14, 2013 Compass | Sep. 30, 2013 Business Combination Measurement Period Adjustment Shaser Biosciences, Inc. | Sep. 30, 2014 Business Combination Measurement Period Adjustment Hardware Acquisition | Apr. 08, 2013 Business Combination Measurement Period Adjustment Hardware Acquisition
Business Acquisition [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Step Acquisition, Equity Interest in Acquiree, Fair Value | $ 12.0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments to Acquire Businesses, Gross | 1.5 |  |  |  |  |  | 50.0 |  |  |  |  | 24.8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Cash |  |  |  |  | 24.0 | 17.4 |  |  | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 |  | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 |  | 5.8
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Finite-Lived Intangibles |  |  |  | 489.1 | 489.1 | 470.0 |  |  | 29.3 | 35.5 | 17.1 |  |  |  |  |  | (6.2) | 2.0 | 2.0
Preliminary working capital and other adjustments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 30.5 |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Unproved Oil and Natural Gas Properties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 7.2 | 65.1 | 5.4 | 48.5 |  |  |
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Proved Developed and Undeveloped Oil and Natural Gas Properties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 130.9 | 632.2 | 97.5 | 471.0 |  |  |
Business Combination Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired And Liabilities Assumed Oil And Natural Gas Properties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 138.1 | 697.3 | 102.9 | 519.5 |  |  |
Other long-term assets |  |  |  |  | 7.6 | 3.1 |  |  | 0.2 | 2.7 | 0.1 |  | 0 | 32.7 | 0 | 24.5 | (2.5) |  | 4.4
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Deferred Tax Liabilities, Accrued Liabilities |  |  |  |  | 42.8 | 37.6 |  |  |  |  | 0.2 |  | 0 | 10.8 | 0 | (8.0) |  |  | 5.0
Other long-term liabilities |  |  |  |  | 19.7 | 11.2 |  |  |  |  | 8.1 |  | (7.4) | (24.8) | (5.5) | (18.5) |  |  | 0.4
Business combination, assets acquired |  |  |  |  | 661.2 | 629.4 |  |  | 21.6 | 24.7 | 47.9 |  | 130.7 | 694.5 | 97.4 | 517.6 | (3.1) |  | (16.1)
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Financial Assets |  |  |  |  | 985.4 | 920.1 |  |  | 30.4 | 39.1 | 58.1 |  |  |  |  |  | (8.7) |  | 7.2
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Financial Liabilities |  |  |  |  | 324.2 | 290.7 |  |  | 8.8 | 14.4 | 10.2 |  |  |  |  |  | (5.6) |  | 23.3
Business Combination, Acquisition of Less than 100 Percent, Noncontrolling Interest, Fair Value |  |  |  |  | 3.9 | 2.2 |  |  | 39.1 | 39.0 | 0 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.1 |  | 1.7
Goodwill (Note 13) | 1,524.8 | 1,476.7 | 694.2 |  | 717.8 | 662.1 |  |  | 67.2 | 63.9 | 45.6 |  |  |  |  |  | 3.3 |  | 10.1
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired, Goodwill, and Liabilities Assumed, Less Noncontrolling Interest |  |  |  |  | 1,375.1 | 1,289.3 |  |  | 49.7 | 49.6 | 93.5 |  |  |  |  |  | 0.1 |  | (7.7)
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Liabilities Incurred |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Other |  |  |  |  |  |  | (0.4) | 0.1 |  |  |  | 1.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred |  |  |  |  |  |  | 49.7 |  |  |  |  | 35.8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Including Equity Interest in Acquiree Held Prior to Combination | $ 13.5 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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