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Organization and History of the Company (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended		19 Months Ended	25 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	4 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	13 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 segment	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 15, 2011 bbl	Oct. 26, 2007 entity	Dec. 31, 2014 partnership_interest	May 27, 2013	Jan. 22, 2013	Jul. 23, 2014	May 19, 2013	Dec. 31, 2014 partnership_interest	Jun. 29, 2014	May 28, 2013	Apr. 13, 2011	Jan. 30, 2013	Jan. 23, 2013	Jan. 30, 2013	Jan. 17, 2013	Jun. 10, 2013	May 20, 2013	May 29, 2013	Jul. 24, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	May 06, 2012	Dec. 31, 2010	Sep. 30, 2012
Organization
Number of reportable segments	2us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Percentage owned by the public prior to Icahn's acquisition																								100.00%cvi_OwnershipInterestHeldByPublic
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs	$ 0us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts	$ 0us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts	$ 3.0us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts
GWEC
Organization
Capacity of refinery acquired by the entity in Wynnewood, Oklahoma (in barrels per day)				70,000
Capacity of refinery owned by acquiree in Wynnewood, Oklahoma (in bbls)				2,000,000
Goldman Sachs Funds and Kelso Funds
Organization
Percentage of outstanding shares beneficially owned																									40.00%
IEP
Organization
Ownership percentage held by controlling stockholder	82.00%
CALLC Pre Split
Organization
Number of entities into which the limited liability company was split					2
CVR Partners, LP
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Percentage of Limited Partnership Interest Held by Public (as percent)						47.00%	30.00%
Number of types of partnership interests outstanding	2					2					2
Ownership Interest Held by CRLLC or CVR Refining Holdings LLC (as a percent)						53.00%
CVR Partners, LP \| Minimum
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Percentage of common units owned by the general partner	50.00%
CVR GP, LLC
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Percentage of common units owned by the general partner						100.00%
CVR Refining, LP
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Percentage of Limited Partnership Interest Held by Public (as percent)									33.00%	19.00%	34.00%	29.00%
Number of types of partnership interests outstanding	2					2					2
Percentage of common units owned by the general partner								100.00%
Percentage of ownership interest																										100.00%
CVR Refining, LP \| IEP
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Ownership Interest Held by Public - IEP (as percent)											4.00%	4.00%
CVR Refining, LP \| CVR Refining Holdings LLC [Member]
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Ownership Interest Held by CRLLC or CVR Refining Holdings LLC (as a percent)									67.00%		66.00%	71.00%
CVR Refining GP, LLC
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Percentage of common units owned by the general partner											100.00%
Secondary Offering \| CVR Partners, LP
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Number of units sold in public offering (in shares)													12,000,000
Offering price per unit (in dollars per share)													$ 25.15
Proceeds from issuance of common limited partners units													292.6
Underwriting discounts and commissions													9.2
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs													0.5
Initial Public Offering \| CVR Partners, LP
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Number of units sold in public offering (in shares)														22,080,000
Offering price per unit (in dollars per share)														$ 16.00
Initial Public Offering \| CVR Refining, LP
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Number of units sold in public offering (in shares)															3,600,000	24,000,000
Offering price per unit (in dollars per share)															$ 25.00	$ 25.00
Proceeds from issuance of common limited partners units															90.0	600.0	653.6
Underwriting discounts and commissions																		32.5
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs																		3.9
Proceeds from IPO to be utilized for pre-funding of certain maintenance and environmental capital expenditures through 2014																	160.0
Proceeds utilized for general partnership purposes																	101.5
Initial Public Offering \| CVR Refining, LP \| 10.875% Senior Secured Notes, due 2017
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Proceeds from IPO to be utilized for repurchase of debt																	253.0
Stated interest rate (as a percent)																10.875%
Initial Public Offering \| CVR Refining, LP \| IEP
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Number of units sold in public offering (in shares)																4,000,000
Initial Public Offering \| Wynnewood refinery
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Proceeds from IPO to be utilized for funding the turnaround expenses in acquisitions																	54.0
Initial Public Offering \| CRLLC
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Amount distributed to CRLLC																	85.1
Underwritten Offering \| CVR Refining, LP
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Number of units sold in public offering (in shares)																			1,209,236	12,000,000
Offering price per unit (in dollars per share)																			$ 30.75	$ 30.75
Proceeds from issuance of common limited partners units																				394.0
Underwriting discounts and commissions																			12.2
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs																			0.4
Units redeemed (in shares)																				13,209,236
Private Placement \| AEPC
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Proceeds from issuance of common limited partners units																					61.5
Private Placement \| CVR Refining, LP \| AEPC
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Units sold in private placement (in shares)																					2,000,000
Second Underwritten Offering \| CVR Refining Holdings LLC [Member]
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Number of units sold in public offering (in shares)																						385,900
Offering price per unit (in dollars per share)																						$ 26.07
Proceeds from issuance of common limited partners units																						9.7
Second Underwritten Offering \| CVR Refining, LP
CVR Partners, LP and CVR Refining, LP
Number of units sold in public offering (in shares)																						589,100	6,500,000
Offering price per unit (in dollars per share)																						$ 26.07	$ 26.07
Proceeds from issuance of common limited partners units																						14.9	164.1
Underwriting discounts and commissions																							5.3
Payments of Stock Issuance Costs																							$ 0.5
Units redeemed (in shares)																							6,500,000