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Subsequent Event
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Subsequent Events [Abstract]  
Subsequent Event

24. Subsequent Event

On November 13, 2018, the Company announced it had acquired all of the intellectual property and related assets of the OptoSeis® fiber optic sensing technology business from PGS Americas, Inc.  The OptoSeis® business operations will remain in Austin, Texas and operate as a division of the Company.  The purchase price for the OptoSeis® technology consisted of a cash down payment at closing of $1.8 million plus contingent earn-out payments of up to $23.2 million over a five-and-a-half year earn-out period.  The contingent cash payments will be derived from eligible revenues generated during the earn-out period from products and services utilizing the OptoSeis® fiber optic technology.