Percentage ownership of shares issued in connection with the Houghton Combination

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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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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Disclosure of the methodology and assumptions used in the reconciliation of earnings per share, which may include the individual income and share amount effects of all securities that affect earnings per share, the effect that has been given to preferred dividends in arriving at income available to common stockholders in computing basic earnings per share, securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic EPS in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would have been antidilutive for the period(s) presented and a description of any transaction that occurs after the end of the most recent period but before issuance of the financial statements that would have changed materially the number of common shares or potential common shares outstanding at the end of the period if the transaction had occurred before the end of the period.

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Earnings Per Share - Narrative (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended
Earnings Per Share - Narrative (Details) - shares	Mar. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Mar. 31, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Earnings Per Share Reconciliation Disclosure	Certain stock options and restricted stock units are not included in the diluted (loss) earnings per share calculation when the effect would have been anti-dilutive. All of the Company’s potentially dilutive shares for the three months ended March 31, 2020 are anti-dilutive and not included in the dilutive (loss) earnings per share calculations because of the Company’s net loss during the period.
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share, Amount			0
Business Acquisition Equity Interests Issued Or Issuable Number Of Shares Issued		4,300,000
Houghton Combination [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business Acquisition Equity Interest Issued Or Issuable Percentage Of Company In Shares Issued	24.50%