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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-10-035782
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100519
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100625
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100625

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Rowan John K
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001484255

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-33492
		FILM NUMBER:		10918566

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
		STREET 2:		200 WEST STREET
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10282

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CVR ENERGY INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001376139
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PETROLEUM REFINING [2911]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2277 PLAZA DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			SUGAR LAND
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77479
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(281) 207-7711

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2277 PLAZA DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			SUGAR LAND
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77479
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    <periodOfReport>2010-05-19</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>CVR ENERGY INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CVI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Rowan John K</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10282</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>24057296</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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                    <value>I</value>
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        <footnote id="F1">The Reporting Person is a vice president of Goldman, Sachs &amp; Co. (&quot;Goldman Sachs&quot;).  Goldman Sachs is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (&quot;GS Group&quot;).  The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein, if any.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Goldman Sachs beneficially owns directly and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 200 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &quot;Common Stock&quot;) of CVR Energy, Inc. (the &quot;Company&quot;).  Goldman Sachs and GS Group may be deemed to beneficially own indirectly 24,057,096 shares of Common Stock that are beneficially owned directly by Coffeyville Acquisition II LLC (&quot;CA II&quot;) through certain investment partnerships that are members of and own common units of CA II because (i) affiliates of Goldman Sachs and GS Group are the general partner, managing limited partner, managing partner, managing member or member of those investment partnerships and (ii) those investment partnerships control CA II and have the power to vote or dispose of the Common Stock owned by CA II.</footnote>
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<DIV
style="margin-left: 0.25in; width: 7.2in; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><U>POWER OF ATTORNEY</U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">The undersigned
does hereby appoint Anthony DeRose, Yvette Kosic, Rachel Parrish and Kevin P.
Treanor, (and any other employee of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its
affiliates designated in writing by one of the attorneys-in-fact), his true and
lawful attorneys, and each one of them his true and lawful attorney, with power
to act without the other, and with full power of substitution and
resubstitution, to execute for his and in his name any and all filings required
to be made by him under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the
&#8220;Act&#8221;), with respect to securities which may be deemed to be
beneficially owned by him under the Act, and any and all instruments necessary
or incidental therewith, hereby granting unto said attorneys and each of them
full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on behalf of the
undersigned, and in any and all capacities, every act and thing whatsoever
required or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and approving the act of said attorneys and each of them.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">This Power of
Attorney shall not be affected by the subsequent disability or incompetence of
the principal. This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until either revoked in writing by the undersigned or until such time as the
person or persons to whom power of attorney has been hereby granted cease(s) to
be an employee of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. or one of its affiliates. This
Power of Attorney does not revoke any existing Powers of Attorney executed by
the undersigned.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">This Power of
Attorney recites the text provided in Section&nbsp;5-1513 of the General
Obligations Law of the State of New York in the form attached hereto as
<U>Annex 1</U> (the &#8220;Cautionary Language&#8221;). For the avoidance of
doubt, the undersigned understands and agrees, and affirms that it is his
intent, that if any provision contained in the Cautionary Language shall be
inconsistent with any provision contained in this Limited Power of Attorney,
the provision contained in this Limited Power of Attorney shall prevail to the
fullest extent permitted by law. Nothing in this Limited Power of Attorney
shall be construed as an admission or acknowledgment of the undersigned that
this Limited Power of Attorney is subject to the requirements of
Section&nbsp;5-1501B of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">In witness thereof
the undersigned hereunto signed his name this 25<SUP
style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of June, 2010.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 45%" align="justify"><U><B>/</B>s/ John
K. Rowan&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
<BR>
John K. Rowan

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">STATE OF: NEW YORK

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">COUNTY OF: NEW YORK

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 8%" align="justify">On the 25<SUP
style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of June, 2010
before me personally came to me known and known to me to be the individual
described in, and who executed the foregoing instrument, and such individual
acknowledged to me that he executed the same.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 45%" align="justify"><U><B>/</B>s/
Leslie A.
Lucas&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
<BR>
Notary Public

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 45%" align="justify">My term
expires:<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;August&nbsp;25,
2012&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center">&nbsp;

<P style="display: none; font-size: 10pt" align="center">1
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<DIV
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<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><U>ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF
ATTORNEYS-IN-FACT</U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Dated: June&nbsp;25, 2010

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 48%" align="justify"><U><B>/</B>s/
Anthony
DeRose&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Anthony DeRose, Attorney-in-fact

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 48%" align="justify"><U><B>/</B>s/
Yvette
Kosic&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Yvette Kosic, Attorney-in-fact

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 48%" align="justify"><U><B>/</B>s/
Rachel
Parrish&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>

Rachel Parrish, Attorney-in-fact

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 48%"
align="justify"><U><B>/</B>s/ Kevin P.
Treanor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U><BR>
Kevin P. Treanor, Attorney-in-fact

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">STATE OF: NEW JERSEY

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">COUNTY OF: HUDSON

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 8%" align="justify">On the 25<SUP
style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of June, 2010
before me personally came to me known and known to me to be the individuals
described in, and who executed the foregoing instrument, and such individuals
acknowledged to me that they executed the same.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 45%" align="justify"><U><B>/</B>s/
Kevin P.
Treanor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
<BR>Notary Public

<P style="font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 45%" align="justify">My term expires:
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6/25/2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="right">ANNEX 1

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center"><U>CAUTIONARY LANGUAGE</U>

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">CAUTION TO THE PRINCIPAL:

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">Your Power of
Attorney is an important document. As the &#8220;principal,&#8221; you give the
person whom you choose (your &#8220;agent&#8221;) authority to spend your money
and sell or dispose of your property during your lifetime without telling you.
You do not lose your authority to act even though you have given your agent
similar authority.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">When your agent
exercises this authority, he or she must act according to any instructions you
have provided or, where there are no specific instructions, in your best
interest. &#8220;Important Information for the Agent&#8221; at the end of this
document describes your agent&#8217;s responsibilities.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">Your agent can act
on your behalf only after signing the Power of Attorney before a notary public.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">You can request
information from your agent at any time. If you are revoking a prior Power of
Attorney by executing this Power of Attorney, you should provide written notice
of the revocation to your prior agent(s) and to the financial institutions
where your accounts are located.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">You can revoke or terminate your
Power of Attorney at any time for any reason as long as you are of sound
mind. If you are no longer of sound mind, a court can remove an agent for
acting improperly.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Your agent cannot make health care
decisions for you. You may execute a &#8220;Health Care Proxy&#8221; to do
this.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">The law governing
Powers of Attorney is contained in the New York General Obligations Law,
Article&nbsp;5, Title 15. This law is available at a law library, or online
through the New York State Senate or Assembly websites,
<U>www.senate.state.ny.us</U> or <U>www.assembly.state.ny.us</U>.

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">If there is
anything about this document that you do not understand, you should ask a
lawyer of your own choosing to explain it to you.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE AGENT:

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">When you accept the
authority granted under this Power of Attorney, a special legal relationship is
created between you and the principal. This relationship imposes on you legal
responsibilities that continue until you resign or the Power of Attorney is
terminated or revoked.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">You must:

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">(1)&nbsp;act according to any
instructions from the principal, or, where there are no instructions, in the
principal&#8217;s best interest;

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">(2)&nbsp;avoid conflicts that would
impair your ability to act in the principal&#8217;s best interest;

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">(3)&nbsp;keep the principal&#8217;s
property separate and distinct from any assets you own or control, unless
otherwise permitted by law;

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">(4)&nbsp;keep a record or all
receipts, payments, and transactions conducted for the principal; and

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">(5)&nbsp;disclose your identity as
an agent whenever you act for the principal by writing or printing the
principal&#8217;s name and signing your own name as &#8220;agent&#8221; in
either of the following manner: (Principal&#8217;s Name) by (Your Signature) as
Agent, or (your signature) as Agent for (Principal&#8217;s Name).

<P style="font-size: 10pt; text-indent: 4%" align="justify">You may not use the
principal&#8217;s assets to benefit yourself or give major gifts to yourself or
anyone else unless the principal has specifically granted you that authority in
this Power of Attorney or in a Statutory Major Gifts Rider attached to this
Power of Attorney. If you have that authority, you must act according to any
instructions of the principal or, where there are no such instructions, in the
principal&#8217;s best interest. You may resign by giving written notice to the
principal and to any co-agent, successor agent, monitor if one has been named
in this document, or the principal&#8217;s guardian if one has been appointed.
If there is anything about this document or your responsibilities that you do
not understand, you should seek legal advice.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">Liability of agent:

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify">The meaning of the authority given
to you is defined in New York&#8217;s General Obligations Law, Article&nbsp;5,
Title 15. If it is found that you have violated the law or acted outside the
authority granted to you in the Power of Attorney, you may be liable under the
law for your violation.

<P style="font-size: 10pt" align="center">&nbsp;

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