Revenue Recognition - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Revenue, practical expedient, incremental cost of obtaining contract [true false]	true
Contract costs, amortization period	5 years
Contract costs, impairment loss	$ 0
Contract liabilities	82,500,000	$ 118,600,000
Contract with customer liability, revenue recognized	90,300,000
Prepaid Expense and Other Current Assets
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Deferred contract costs,current	3,600,000
Deferred Charges and Other Assets, Net
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Deferred contract costs,non current	$ 6,600,000
Maximum
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Contract liabilities recognition service contract period	1 year
Equipment Maintenance Service Contracts \| Maximum
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Revenue from service contracts period of recognition	1 year
Residential and Commercial Home Heating Oil Customers
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Percentage of customers receiving deliveries based on prevailing weather conditions	95.00%
Residential Customers
Revenue Recognition [Line Items]
Customer payment terms	30 days
Percentage of customers take advantage of smart pay budget payment plan	33.00%

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Customer payment terms.

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Revenue from service contracts period of recognition.

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Revenue recognition.

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Amortization period of cost capitalized in obtaining or fulfilling contract with customer, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Amount of impairment loss for asset recognized from cost incurred to obtain or fulfill contract with customer.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment loss, of asset recognized from cost incurred to obtain or fulfill contract with customer; classified as current.

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Amount, after accumulated amortization and accumulated impairment loss, of asset recognized from cost incurred to obtain or fulfill contract with customer; classified as noncurrent.

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Indicates (true false) whether practical expedient was elected to recognize incremental cost of obtaining contract as expense when incurred if amortization period would have been one year or less.

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