Organization and Nature of Business	9 Months Ended
Organization and Nature of Business	Sep. 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 September 30, 2020. CVR Partners, LP Interest Holders - As of September 30, 2020, public common unit 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 (“CVR GP”), which held a non-economic general partner interest in CVR Partners as of September 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. NYSE Listing Requirements and Reverse Split - 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 standards in Section 802.01C of the NYSE Listed 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 September 30, 2020, the average closing price of CVR Partners’ common units over the preceding consecutive 30 trading-day period remained below $1.00 per common unit. On November 2, 2020, CVR Partners announced that the board of directors of its general partner (the “UAN GP Board”) had approved a 1-for-10 reverse split of CVR Partners’ common units to be effective at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 23, 2020, pursuant to which each ten common units of CVR Partners would be converted into one common unit of the Partnership (the “Reverse Unit Split”). In accordance with CVR Partners’ Agreement of Limited Partnership, as amended, following the Reverse Unit Split, any fractional units of record holders will be rounded up or down, as applicable, to the nearest whole common unit, with any fraction equal to or above 0.5 common units rounding up to the next higher common unit. Following the Reverse Unit Split, the number of CVR Partners common units outstanding would decrease from approximately 111 million common units to approximately 11 million common units, with proportionate adjustments to the common units under CVR Partners’ long-term incentive plan and outstanding awards thereunder. The UAN GP Board determined the 1-for-10 ratio to be appropriate to meet CVR Partners’ goals of improving the marketability of its common units, regaining compliance with NYSE listing requirements, and reducing the risk of future noncompliance with such listing requirements. CVR Partners’ common units are expected to begin trading on a split-adjusted basis when markets open on November 24, 2020, under the symbol “UAN” and a new CUSIP number. Unit Repurchase Program - On May 6, 2020, 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. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, CVR Partners repurchased 1,403,784 and 2,294,002 common units, respectively, on the open market in accordance with a repurchase agreement under Rules 10b5-1 and 10b-18 of the Exchange Act, which was terminated on August 6, 2020, at a cost of $1 million and $2 million, respectively, inclusive of transaction costs, or an average price of $0.94 and $0.99 per common unit, respectively. At September 30, 2020, CVR Partners had $8 million in authority remaining under the Unit Repurchase Program. 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. 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 $2.9 million to additional paid-in capital from the reduction of non-controlling interests totaling $3.9 million and the recognition of a deferred tax liability totaling $1.0 million from changes in its book versus tax basis in CVR Partners.