Organization and Nature of Business	6 Months Ended
Organization and Nature of Business	Jun. 30, 2020
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Organization and Nature of Business	(1) Organization and Nature of Business Organization CVR Energy, Inc. (“CVR Energy,” “CVR,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company”) is a diversified holding company primarily engaged in the petroleum refining and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing industries through its holdings in CVR Refining, LP (the “Petroleum Segment” or “CVR Refining”) and CVR Partners, LP (the “Nitrogen Fertilizer Segment” or “CVR Partners”). CVR Refining is an independent petroleum refiner and marketer of high value transportation fuels. CVR Partners produces and markets nitrogen fertilizers in the form of urea ammonium nitrate (“UAN”) and ammonia. CVR’s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) under the symbol “CVI.” Icahn Enterprises L.P. and its affiliates (“IEP”) owned approximately 71% of the Company’s outstanding common shares as of June 30, 2020. CVR Partners, LP As of June 30, 2020, public security holders held approximately 65% of CVR Partners’ outstanding common units and CVR Services, LLC (“CVR Services”) (formerly Coffeyville Resources, LLC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CVR Energy, held approximately 35% of CVR Partners’ outstanding common units. In addition, CVR Services held 100% of CVR Partners’ general partner, CVR GP, LLC, which held a non-economic general partner interest in CVR Partners as of June 30, 2020. Following the acquisition of the noncontrolling interest in CVR Refining in January 2019, the noncontrolling interest reflected on the condensed consolidated balance sheets of CVR is only impacted by the net income of, and distributions from, CVR Partners. On April 20, 2020, the average closing price of CVR Partners’ common units over a 30 consecutive trading-day period fell below $1.00 per common unit, resulting in noncompliance with the continued listing compliance standards in Section 802.01C of the NYSE Listing Company Manual. CVR Partners received written notification of this noncompliance from the NYSE on April 22, 2020, and currently has until January 1, 2021 to regain compliance or be subject to the NYSE’s suspension and delisting procedures. See the Form 8-K filed by CVR Partners with the SEC on April 24, 2020 for further discussion. As of June 30, 2020, the average closing price of CVR Partners’ common units over a consecutive 30 trading-day period has remained below $1.00 per common unit. CVR Partners currently intends to monitor the closing price of its common units and consider available options if its common units do not trade at a level likely to result in CVR Partners regaining compliance with Section 802.01C by January 1, 2021. These options could include, but are not limited to, additional repurchases of common units, reverse unit splits, or other actions. On May 6, 2020, the board of directors of CVR Partners’ general partner (the “UAN GP Board”), on behalf of CVR Partners, authorized a unit repurchase program (the “Unit Repurchase Program”). The Unit Repurchase Program enables CVR Partners to repurchase up to $10 million of its common units. Repurchases under the Unit Repurchase Program may be made from time-to-time through open market transactions, block trades, privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise in accordance with applicable securities laws. The timing, price, and amount of repurchases (if any) will be made at the discretion of management of CVR Partners’ general partner and are subject to market conditions, as well as corporate, regulatory, and other considerations. This Unit Repurchase Program does not obligate CVR Partners to acquire any common units and may be cancelled or terminated by the UAN GP Board at any time. On May 20, 2020, CVR Partners entered into a common unit repurchase agreement, pursuant to Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 of the Exchange Act, to facilitate the repurchase of its common units and which CVR Partners may terminate at any time by providing written notice. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, CVR Partners repurchased 890,218 common units on the open market at a cost of $1.0 million, inclusive of transaction costs, or an average price of $1.07 per common unit. At June 30, 2020, CVR Partners had $9.0 million in authority remaining under the Unit Repurchase Program. As a result of these repurchases, and the resulting change in CVR Energy’s ownership of CVR Partners while maintaining control, CVR Energy recognized an increase of $1.2 million to additional paid-in capital from the reduction of non-controlling interests totaling $1.6 million and the recognition of a deferred tax liability totaling $0.4 million from changes in its book versus tax basis in CVR Partners.