v2.4.1.9
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Operating Leases    
Nine months ending December 31, 2015 $ 4,158,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsRemainderOfFiscalYear  
2016 4,944,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears  
2017 3,308,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInThreeYears  
2018 2,496,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFourYears  
2019 1,897,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears  
Thereafter 3,660,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueThereafter  
Operating leases 20,463,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDue  
Year ending December 31, 2013    
Nine months ending December 31, 2015 14,468,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationDueInRemainderOfFiscalYear [1]  
2016 12,948,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnSecondAnniversary [1]  
2017 13,119,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnThirdAnniversary [1]  
2018 13,119,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFourthAnniversary [1]  
2019 12,112,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceOnFifthAnniversary [1]  
Thereafter 67,603,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationDueAfterFiveYears [1]  
Unconditional purchase obligations 133,369,000us-gaap_UnrecordedUnconditionalPurchaseObligationBalanceSheetAmount [1]  
CRNF    
Unrecorded purchase agreements    
Lease expense $ 1,100,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseMinimumRentals
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember		 $ 1,200,000us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseMinimumRentals
/ dei_LegalEntityAxis
= us-gaap_SubsidiariesMember
Purchase obligation for pet coke | CVR Refining, LP    
Unrecorded purchase agreements    
Period for calculation of the average pet coke price paid to CVR Refining 2 years  
[1] This includes the Partnership’s purchase obligation for pet coke from CVR Refining and has been derived from a calculation of the average pet coke price paid to CVR Refining over the preceding two year period.