v2.4.1.9

Partners' Capital and Partnership Distributions (Details) (USD $) In Millions, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended
	Mar. 09, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015 partnership_interest	Apr. 29, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of types of partnership interests outstanding		2uan_PartnershipInterestOutstandingNumberOfTypes
Common units issued (in units)		73,122,997us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued		73,122,997us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsIssued
Common units outstanding (in units)		73,122,997us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding		73,122,997us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding
Maximum period after the end of each quarter of cash distribution to common unitholders		60 days
Declared distribution made to limited partner (per unit)	$ 0.41us-gaap_DistributionMadeToLimitedPartnerDistributionsDeclaredPerUnit
Amount of declared distribution made to limited partner	$ 30.0us-gaap_DistributionMadeToLimitedPartnerCashDistributionsDeclared
CRLLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Common units outstanding (in units)		38,920,000us-gaap_LimitedPartnersCapitalAccountUnitsOutstanding / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = uan_CoffeyvilleResourcesLLCMember
Subsequent Event
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Declared distribution made to limited partner (per unit)			$ 0.45us-gaap_DistributionMadeToLimitedPartnerDistributionsDeclaredPerUnit / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Amount of declared distribution made to limited partner			$ 32.9us-gaap_DistributionMadeToLimitedPartnerCashDistributionsDeclared / us-gaap_SubsequentEventTypeAxis = us-gaap_SubsequentEventMember
Secondary offering | CRLLC
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by CRLLC		53.00%us-gaap_LimitedLiabilityCompanyLLCOrLimitedPartnershipLPMembersOrLimitedPartnersOwnershipInterest / us-gaap_RelatedPartyTransactionsByRelatedPartyAxis = uan_CoffeyvilleResourcesLLCMember / us-gaap_TransactionTypeAxis = uan_SecondaryOfferingMember

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