Nature of Operations (Details)	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017 county
Investment [Line Items]
General Partner held a general partner interest in AmeriGas Partners	2.00%
Percentage of limited partnership interest in AmeriGas Partners	98.00%
Number of counties of operation	1
AmeriGas Partners
Investment [Line Items]
General Partner held a general partner interest in AmeriGas Partners	1.00%
AmeriGas OLP
Investment [Line Items]
General Partner held a general partner interest in AmeriGas Partners	1.01%
AmeriGas Propane \| AmeriGas Partners
Investment [Line Items]
General Partner held a general partner interest in AmeriGas Partners	1.00%
Percentage of limited partnership interest in AmeriGas Partners	25.30%
General public as limited partner interests in AmeriGas Partners	73.70%
AmeriGas Propane \| AmeriGas OLP
Investment [Line Items]
Effective ownership interest in AmeriGas OLP	27.10%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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