The number of units or percentage investment of the limited partner interests held by the 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
-Paragraph 3
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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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The number of units sold in a public offering of each class of partners' capital account. Units represent shares of ownership of the general, limited, and preferred partners.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
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The number of shares issued or sold by the subsidiary or equity method investee per stock transaction.

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Organization and History of the Company and Basis of Presentation (Details)			6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	25 Months Ended	34 Months Ended
	Aug. 02, 2016 shares	May 28, 2013 shares	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2016 segment	May 27, 2013	Mar. 31, 2016	Aug. 01, 2016
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| segment				2
Ownership percentage used to determine call right ownership threshold			70.00%	70.00%
Call right ownership threshold percentage	80.00%						95.00%
IEP Energy LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership percentage held by controlling stockholder				82.00%
CVR Partners, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of limited partner interest held by the public			66.00%		30.00%	47.00%
CVR Partners, LP \| Secondary Offering
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of partnership units sold in offering (in shares)		12,000,000
CVR Partners, LP \| Coffeyville Resources LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of limited partner interest held by the public						53.00%
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 \| Second Underwritten Offering
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of limited partner interest held by the public				34.00%
CVR Refining, LP \| IEP Energy LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Common units sold	250,000
Percentage of common units owned by CRLLC or CVR Refining Holdings	69.99%
CVR Refining, LP \| IEP Energy LLC \| Second Underwritten Offering
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of limited partner interest held by the public				3.90%
CVR Refining, LP \| CVR Refining Holdings LLC \| Second Underwritten Offering
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by CRLLC or CVR Refining Holdings				66.00%
CVR Refining GP, LLC \| CVR Refining Holdings LLC \| Second Underwritten Offering
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by limited partner				100.00%