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Related Party Transactions - Summary of Dividends Paid (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands							3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	May 26, 2020	Mar. 09, 2020	Nov. 11, 2019	Aug. 12, 2019	May 13, 2019	Mar. 11, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)							$ 0
Dividend Per Share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.40	$ 0.80	$ 0.80	$ 0.75	$ 0.75	$ 0.75	0	$ 0.75	$ 1.20	$ 2.25	$ 3.05
Dividends Paid	$ 40,000	$ 80,000	$ 80,000	$ 75,000	$ 75,000	$ 75,000			$ 121,000	$ 225,000	$ 307,000
CVR Partners
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Distributions declared (in dollars per share)							$ 0		$ 0
Distribution Per Common Unit (in dollars per share)			$ 0.07	$ 0.14	$ 0.07	$ 0.12			$ 0		$ 0.40
Distributions Paid			$ 8,000	$ 16,000	$ 8,000	$ 14,000					$ 45,000
CVR Energy | CVR Partners
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Distributions Paid			3,000	5,000	3,000	5,000					16,000
IEP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Dividends Paid	28,000	57,000	57,000	53,000	53,000	53,000	$ 0	$ 53,000	$ 85,000	$ 159,000	217,000
Stockholders
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Dividends Paid	$ 12,000	$ 23,000	23,000	22,000	22,000	22,000			$ 35,000		90,000
Public Unitholders | CVR Partners
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Distributions Paid			$ 5,000	$ 10,000	$ 5,000	$ 9,000					$ 30,000

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