CONCENTRATION OF MARKET AND CREDIT RISK (Schedule Of Revenue By Major Customers) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Chevron Australia [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenues from significant customers	$ 265,731	$ 199,685	$ 81,577
Sarawak Shell Bhd. [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenues from significant customers	44,405	138,836	84,617
Kosmos Energy Ghana Inc. [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenues from significant customers	90,088	136,205	90,936
Noble Energy Inc. [Member]
Revenue, Major Customer [Line Items]
Revenues from significant customers	$ 137,135	$ 0	$ 0

Amount of revenue from external customers for the reportable segment. Such disclosure is presented if the amount is: (a) included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 131

-Paragraph 27

-Subparagraph a

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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