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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[Line Items] for Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Table]

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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://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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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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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Organization and Nature of Business (Details) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
Organization and Nature of Business (Details) - USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2020	May 06, 2020
CVR Partners
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of interest held by the public	66.00%
CVR Partners \| Subsequent Event
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Unit Repurchase Program, authorized amount		$ 10,000,000
Coffeyville Resources LLC (CRLLC) \| CVR Partners
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by wholly-owned subsidiary	34.00%
Coffeyville Resources LLC (CRLLC) \| CVR Refining GP, LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by general partner	100.00%
Majority Shareholder
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership percentage held by controlling stockholder	71.00%