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

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Represents the percentage of ownership interest held by the majority shareholder

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

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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
-Subparagraph (b)
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Percentage investment held by members or limited partners of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (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 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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-Paragraph 5
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The cash inflow from the issuance of common limited partners units during the period.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
-Subparagraph (a)
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Organization and Nature of Business - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			12 Months Ended	21 Months Ended
	Jan. 23, 2013 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Apr. 13, 2011 $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2017 segment	Dec. 31, 2017
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments \| segment			2
CVR Partners, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of interest held by public				66.00%
CVR Partners, LP \| Initial Public Offering
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of units sold in public offering (in shares) \| shares		22,080,000
Offering price per unit (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 16.00
CVR GP, LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by the general partner				100.00%
CVR Refining, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of interest held by public			34.00%
CVR Refining, LP \| Initial Public Offering
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of units sold in public offering (in shares) \| shares	24,000,000
Offering price per unit (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 25.00
Proceeds from issuance of common limited partners units \| $	$ 600.0
CVR Refining GP, LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by the general partner			100.00%
IEP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership percentage held by controlling stockholder			82.00%
IEP \| CVR Refining, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership interest held by public - IEP			3.90%
CVR Refining Holdings LLC \| CVR Refining, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership interest held by CRLLC or CVR Refining Holdings LLC			66.00%