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Selected Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited) (Details 2) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015 | Sep. 30, 2015 | Jun. 30, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Turnaround costs |  |  |  |  | $ 109.2 | $ 6.8 | $ 0.0
Lower of FIFO cost or market inventory adjustment |  |  |  |  |  | 36.8 |
Coffeyville Refinery Incident, Fire Isomerization Unit | CVR Refining, LP |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property damage gross repair and other costs |  |  |  |  |  | 6.3 |
Direct Operating Expenses | Coffeyville Refinery Incident, Fire Isomerization Unit | CVR Refining, LP |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property damage gross repair and other costs |  |  |  |  |  | 6.3 |
Cost of Goods Sold, Excluding Depreciation, Depletion, and Amortization |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lower of FIFO cost or market inventory adjustment |  |  |  | $ 36.8 |  |  |
Coffeyville refinery |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Turnaround costs, phase one |  |  |  |  | 101.5 |  |
Turnaround costs, phase two |  |  |  |  | 0.7 |  |
Turnaround costs | $ 84.9 | $ 15.6 | $ 1.7 |  | 102.2 | 5.5 |
Wynnewood refinery |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Turnaround costs |  |  |  |  | $ 0.0 | 1.3 |
Wynnewood refinery | Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit Outage |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of days offline |  |  |  | 16 days |  |  |
Wynnewood refinery | Direct Operating Expenses | Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit Outage |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unusual or Infrequent Item [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property damage gross repair and other costs |  |  |  |  |  | $ 8.5 |

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