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Related Party Transactions - Dividends to CVR Energy Stockholders (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions												3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 11, 2024 USD ($)	Feb. 20, 2024 USD ($) $ / shares	Nov. 20, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares	Aug. 21, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares	May 22, 2023 $ / shares	Mar. 13, 2023 $ / shares	Nov. 21, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Aug. 22, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	May 23, 2022 $ / shares	Jun. 10, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 26, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2022 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 $ / shares
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Quarterly Dividends Per Share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.40	$ 0.40	$ 0.40			$ 0	$ 2.00	$ 1.20	$ 0
Special Dividends Paid (in millions)			$ 151	$ 101			$ 101	$ 261			$ 492		$ 251	$ 362
Special Dividends Per Share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 1.50	$ 1.00			$ 1.00	$ 2.60			$ 4.89		$ 2.50	$ 3.60
Payment of special dividends										$ 241
Special dividends paid (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares										$ 2.40
Realized gain on investment										$ 112
Subsequent Event
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.50
Dividends, cash		$ 50
IEP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from dividends received										$ 171
IEP \| Subsequent Event \| Forecast
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from dividends received	$ 33
Delek US Holdings, Inc.
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Dividends paid to CVR Energy stockholders (in shares) \| shares										10,539,880
Outstanding shares of common stock, percent										0.143
Delek US Holdings, Inc. \| IEP
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common stock dividends, shares received (in shares) \| shares										7,464,652