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Number of customers to whom home heating oil, gasoline and diesel fuel were sold.

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Number of Full-service residential and commercial home heating oil and propane customers served.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The number of units or percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the LLC or LP.

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The number of units or percentage investment held by one or more members or limited partners of the LLC or LP.

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The number of each class of partnership units outstanding at the balance sheet date. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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Partnership Organization (Details Textual) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012 Common Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 Common Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 Common Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2009 Common Stock [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 General Partner [Member]	Sep. 30, 2011 General Partner [Member]	Sep. 30, 2010 General Partner [Member]	Sep. 30, 2009 General Partner [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Petro [Member] Customers
Partnership Organization (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of outstanding units		61,002	64,970	67,078	75,137	326	326	326	326
Number of Full-service residential and commercial home heating oil and propane customers served										416,000
Number of customers to whom home heating oil, gasoline and diesel fuel were sold										48,000
Number of customers to provide service										11,500
Partnership Organization (Additional Textual) [Abstract]
Percentage of limited partner interest	99.47%
Percentage of general partner interest	0.53%
Ownership interest in Star Gas Finance Company	100.00%