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Organization and History of the Company and Basis of Presentation (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended	16 Months Ended	25 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	16 Months Ended	0 Months Ended			2 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	13 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	2 Months Ended	13 Months Ended	0 Months Ended		2 Months Ended	13 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014 segment	Sep. 30, 2014 CVR Partners, LP	May 27, 2013 CVR Partners, LP	Sep. 30, 2014 CVR Partners, LP Minimum	Sep. 30, 2014 CVR GP, LLC	Jul. 24, 2014 CVR Refining, LP	Jun. 30, 2014 CVR Refining, LP	Jan. 22, 2013 CVR Refining, LP	Sep. 30, 2014 CVR Refining, LP	May 19, 2013 CVR Refining, LP	Jun. 29, 2014 CVR Refining, LP	Sep. 30, 2014 CVR Refining GP, LLC	Sep. 30, 2014 IEP Energy LLC	Sep. 30, 2014 IEP Energy LLC CVR Refining, LP	Jun. 29, 2014 IEP Energy LLC CVR Refining, LP	Jul. 24, 2014 CVR Refining Holdings LLC	Jun. 30, 2014 CVR Refining Holdings LLC CVR Refining, LP	Sep. 30, 2014 CVR Refining Holdings LLC CVR Refining, LP	Jun. 29, 2014 CVR Refining Holdings LLC CVR Refining, LP	May 28, 2013 Secondary Offering CVR Partners, LP	Jan. 30, 2013 Initial Public Offering CVR Refining, LP	Jan. 23, 2013 Initial Public Offering CVR Refining, LP	Jun. 10, 2013 Underwritten Offering CVR Refining, LP	May 20, 2013 Underwritten Offering CVR Refining, LP	May 29, 2013 Private placement AEPC CVR Refining, LP	Jun. 30, 2014 Second Underwritten Offering	Jun. 30, 2014 Second Underwritten Offering CVR Refining, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments	2
Ownership percentage held by controlling stockholder													82.00%
Ownership percentage held by public		47.00%	30.00%
Number of partnership units sold in offering (in shares)						589,100										385,900				12,000,000	3,600,000	24,000,000	1,209,236	12,000,000			6,500,000
Offering price per unit (in dollars per share)						$ 26.07										$ 26.07				$ 25.15	$ 25.00	$ 25.00	$ 30.75	$ 30.75			$ 26.07
Percentage of limited partner interest held by the public							33.00%		34.00%	19.00%	29.00%
Ownership interest held by public														4.00%	4.00%
Percentage of CVR's indirect ownership in CVR Partners, LP		53.00%
Percentage of common units owned by limited partner				50.00%	100.00%			100.00%				100.00%
Number of partnership units sold in privately negotiated transaction (in shares)																									2,000,000
Percentage of common units owned by the CVR Refining Holdings																	67.00%	66.00%	71.00%
Payments for Underwriting Expense																										$ 5.3
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs																											0.5
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Limited Partners Units						$ 14.9										$ 9.7											$ 164.1
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Redeemed																											6,500,000
Percentage of holders of the outstanding common units required to vote for removal of the general partner	66.67%

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