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Nature of Operations and Organization (Details) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
May 17, 2011
Sep. 30, 2014
Sep. 30, 2013
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2013
Mar. 31, 2012
Jun. 23, 2014
Jul. 31, 2014
Acquisitions                
Equity method ownership interest (as a percent)       50.00%us-gaap_EquityMethodInvestmentOwnershipPercentage        
Initial Public Offering                
Proceeds from sale of common units, net of offering costs   $ 370,446,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits $ 415,089,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits $ 650,155,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits $ (642,000)us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits $ 74,759,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits    
General partner interest (as a percent) 0.10%us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyLLCOrLimitedPartnershipLPManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerOwnershipInterest 0.10%us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyLLCOrLimitedPartnershipLPManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerOwnershipInterest   0.10%us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyLLCOrLimitedPartnershipLPManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerOwnershipInterest 0.10%us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyLLCOrLimitedPartnershipLPManagingMemberOrGeneralPartnerOwnershipInterest      
Common Units                
Initial Public Offering                
Number of units sold in public offering 4,025,000us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSoldInPublicOffering
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Price per unit of units sold in initial public offering (in dollars per share) 21.00us-gaap_SharePrice
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Proceeds from sale of common units, net of offering costs             338,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits
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32,400,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits
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Offering costs             500,000us-gaap_OfferingCostsPartnershipInterests
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Number of units redeemed 175,000us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsTreasury
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Units outstanding after completion of IPO 8,864,222us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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88,545,764us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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  73,421,309us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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47,703,313us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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Common Units | Repayment of advances under acquisition credit facility                
Initial Public Offering                
Number of units sold in public offering 3,850,000us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSoldInPublicOffering
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Proceeds from sale of common units, net of offering costs 71,900,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits
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Offering costs 9,000,000us-gaap_OfferingCostsPartnershipInterests
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Common Units | Redemption of common units                
Initial Public Offering                
Number of units sold in public offering 175,000us-gaap_PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsSoldInPublicOffering
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Proceeds from sale of common units, net of offering costs 3,400,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonLimitedPartnersUnits
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Subordinated Units                
Initial Public Offering                
Units outstanding after completion of IPO 5,919,346us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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    5,919,346us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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5,919,346us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
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Retail propane and distillate operations                
Acquisitions                
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Retail propane and distillate operations | Minimum                
Acquisitions                
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