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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $) | 3 Months Ended | 0 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Mar. 09, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) | $ 0.50 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared | $ 0.75 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared |
IEP Energy LLC |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |
Ownership percentage held by controlling stockholder | 82.00%cvi_MajorityShareholderOwnershipPercentage / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_MajorityShareholderMember |  |
Insight Portfolio Group (formerly Icahn Sourcing, LLC) |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |
Payment to related party | $ 0 cvi_RelatedPartyTransactionPayments / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = cvi_InsightPortfolioGroupLLCMember | $ 100,000 cvi_RelatedPartyTransactionPayments / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = cvi_InsightPortfolioGroupLLCMember |
Quarterly Dividend |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) |  |  | $ 0.50 us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared / us-gaap_DividendsAxis = cvi_QuarterlyDividendMember
Dividends |  |  | 43,400,000 us-gaap_Dividends / us-gaap_DividendsAxis = cvi_QuarterlyDividendMember
Quarterly Dividend | IEP Energy LLC |  |  |
Related Party Transaction [Line Items] |  |  |
Dividends |  |  | $ 35,600,000 us-gaap_Dividends / us-gaap_DividendsAxis = cvi_QuarterlyDividendMember / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = us-gaap_MajorityShareholderMember

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