The number of units or percentage investment of the limited partner interests held by the public.

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Represents the minimum percentage of voting by the holders of outstanding common units required for removal of the general partner.

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The price per unit for units sold in a public offering.

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Related Party, Ownership Interest Held by Public

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 272

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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The number of units or percentage investment held by one or more members or limited partners of the LLC or LP.

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Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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The number of units redeemed during the year of each class of partners' capital account. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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-Topic 505

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The cash inflow from the issuance of common limited partners units during the period.

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Organization and History of the Company and Basis of Presentation (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	22 Months Ended	25 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	13 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015 segment	Mar. 31, 2015	May 27, 2013	Jul. 23, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015	Jun. 29, 2014	May 28, 2013	Jul. 24, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments	2us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments
Percentage of holders of the outstanding common units required to vote for removal of the general partner	66.67%	66.67%			66.67%
CVR Partners, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of limited partner interest held by the public		47.00%	30.00%
CVR Partners, LP \| Minimum
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by limited partner	50.00%
CVR GP, LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by limited partner		100.00%
CVR Refining, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of limited partner interest held by the public				33.00%	34.00%	29.00%
CVR Refining GP, LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by limited partner					100.00%
IEP Energy LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership percentage held by controlling stockholder	82.00%
IEP Energy LLC \| CVR Refining, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership interest held by IEP					4.00%	4.00%
Coffeyville Resources LLC \| CVR Partners, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by CRLLC or CVR Refining Holdings		53.00%
CVR Refining Holdings LLC \| CVR Refining, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by CRLLC or CVR Refining Holdings				67.00%	66.00%	71.00%
Secondary Offering \| CVR Partners, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of partnership units sold in offering (in shares)							12,000,000
Second Underwritten Offering \| CVR Refining, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of partnership units sold in offering (in shares)								589,100	6,500,000
Offering price per unit (in dollars per share)									$ 26.07
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Limited Partners Units								$ 14.9	$ 164.1
Partners' Capital Account, Units, Redeemed									6,500,000
Second Underwritten Offering \| CVR Refining Holdings LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of partnership units sold in offering (in shares)								385,900
Proceeds from Issuance of Common Limited Partners Units								$ 9.7