Organization and Nature of Business (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019 manufacturing_facility mi
Formation of the Partnership, Organization and Nature of Business
Number of manufacturing facilities \| manufacturing_facility	2
Percentage of limited partner interest held by the public	66.00%
CVR Energy, Inc \| IEP Energy LLC
Formation of the Partnership, Organization and Nature of Business
Aggregate ownership percentage	71.00%
CVR Partners LP \| CRLLC
Formation of the Partnership, Organization and Nature of Business
Limited partner interest	34.00%
CVR Refining GP, LLC \| CRLLC
Formation of the Partnership, Organization and Nature of Business
General partner interest	100.00%
East Dubuque Facility
Formation of the Partnership, Organization and Nature of Business
Manufacturing Facility, Primary Sales Radius \| mi	200

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Manufacturing Facility, Primary Sales Radius

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Percentage investment held by the managing member or general partner of the limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 272
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6373374&loc=d3e70478-108055

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Percentage investment held by members or limited partners of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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