Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases and Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligations Disclosure

The minimum required payments for CVR's unconditional purchase obligations are as follows:



	Unconditional Purchase Obligations⁽¹⁾
	(in millions)
2015	$	126
2016	109
2017	107
2018	106
2019	105
Thereafter	718
	$	1,271

⁽¹⁾This amount includes $800 million payable ratably over sixteen years pursuant to petroleum transportation service agreements between CRRM and each of TransCanada Keystone Limited Partnership and TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP (together, "TransCanada"). The purchase obligation reflects the exchange rate between the Canadian dollar and the U.S. dollar as of December 31, 2014, where applicable. Under the agreements, CRRM receives transportation of at least 25,000 barrels per day of crude oil with a delivery point at Cushing, Oklahoma for a term of 20 years on TransCanada's Keystone pipeline system. CRRM began receiving crude oil under the agreements in the first quarter of 2011.

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]

Consolidated future minimum lease payments under operating leases with initial terms of one or more years consist of the following at December 31, 2014:



Year	Amount
	(in millions)
2015	$	75
2016	69
2017	55
2018	41
2019	34
Thereafter	129
	$	403