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	Jul. 31, 2010	Jun. 30, 2011	Mar. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Jun. 30, 2010	Mar. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009	Feb. 28, 2011 CRLLC LIBOR	Feb. 22, 2011 CRLLC LIBOR Minimum	Feb. 22, 2011 CRLLC LIBOR Maximum	Feb. 28, 2011 CRLLC Prime	Feb. 22, 2011 CRLLC Prime Minimum	Feb. 22, 2011 CRLLC Prime Maximum	Dec. 31, 2011 CVR Partners, LP	Apr. 30, 2010 First Priority Credit Facility CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2010 First Priority Credit Facility CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2009 First Priority Credit Facility CRLLC	Mar. 31, 2011 First priority revolving credit facility CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2010 First priority revolving credit facility CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2010 Letters of credit CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2010 Letters of credit in support of certain environmental obligations CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2010 Letters of credit to secure transportation services for crude oil CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2010 Standby letters of credit issued in support of the purchase of feedstocks CRLLC letter	Apr. 30, 2010 Tranche D term loan CRLLC	Mar. 31, 2010 Tranche D term loan CRLLC	Apr. 06, 2010 Tranche D term loan CRLLC	May 31, 2011 Senior Secured Notes	Dec. 31, 2011 Senior Secured Notes	Dec. 31, 2010 Senior Secured Notes	Apr. 14, 2011 Senior Secured Notes Maximum	Dec. 31, 2011 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Apr. 30, 2010 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Apr. 06, 2010 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Dec. 31, 2011 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC	May 31, 2011 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2010 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC	Apr. 30, 2010 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2010 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2009 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC	Dec. 15, 2011 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC	May 16, 2011 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC	Apr. 06, 2010 Senior Secured Notes CRLLC	May 31, 2011 9.0% Senior Secured Notes, due 2015	Dec. 31, 2011 9.0% Senior Secured Notes, due 2015	Dec. 31, 2010 9.0% Senior Secured Notes, due 2015	Apr. 30, 2010 9.0% Senior Secured Notes, due 2015 CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Apr. 06, 2010 9.0% Senior Secured Notes, due 2015 CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Dec. 31, 2010 9.0% Senior Secured Notes, due 2015 CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2011 9.0% Senior Secured Notes, due 2015 CRLLC	Dec. 30, 2010 9.0% Senior Secured Notes, due 2015 CRLLC	May 31, 2011 10.875% Senior Secured Notes, due 2017	Dec. 31, 2011 10.875% Senior Secured Notes, due 2017	Dec. 31, 2010 10.875% Senior Secured Notes, due 2017	Apr. 30, 2010 10.875% Senior Secured Notes, due 2017 CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Apr. 06, 2010 10.875% Senior Secured Notes, due 2017 CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Dec. 31, 2011 Original Notes CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2010 Original Notes CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2011 New Notes CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2011 New Notes CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2011 New Notes CRLLC	Nov. 02, 2011 Bridge loan CRLLC year	Mar. 31, 2011 ABL Credit Facility CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2011 ABL Credit Facility CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2011 ABL Credit Facility CRLLC Prime	Dec. 15, 2011 ABL Credit Facility CRLLC Prime	Feb. 22, 2011 ABL Credit Facility CRLLC Prime	Apr. 13, 2011 Term loan facility CRNF	Dec. 31, 2011 Partnership credit facility	Apr. 30, 2011 Partnership credit facility CRNF Prime	Apr. 13, 2011 Partnership credit facility CRNF Prime	Apr. 30, 2011 Partnership credit facility CRNF Eurodollar	Apr. 13, 2011 Partnership credit facility CRNF Eurodollar	Apr. 30, 2011 Partnership credit facility CVR Partners, LP	Dec. 31, 2011 Partnership credit facility CVR Partners, LP	Apr. 30, 2011 Revolving credit facility CRNF	Apr. 13, 2011 Revolving credit facility CRNF
Long-Term Debt
Capital lease obligations							$ 52,259,000
Long-term debt				468,954,000			853,903,000	468,954,000																																						456,053,000	246,435,000							220,591,000	222,519,000			246,200,000	246,400,000	209,900,000	209,900,000	209,900,000								125,000,000
Stated interest rate (as a percent)																																														9.00%			9.00%					10.875%			10.875%			9.00%	9.00%	9.00%
Net unamortized premium																																														9,003,000					9,000,000
Unamortized discount																																												4,000,000							900,000			2,159,000	2,481,000			900,000	1,065,000	4,000,000	4,000,000	4,000,000
Unamortized premium																																										10,000,000									9,900,000									9,900,000	9,900,000	9,900,000
Aggregate principal amount	5,000,000						8,800,000																											500,000,000		200,000,000												275,000,000								225,000,000				200,000,000
Issue price as a percentage of principal amount																																																	99.511%								98.811%			105.00%	105.00%	105.00%
Principal payment																											25,000,000		2,700,000									27,500,000							500,000					27,500,000			2,200,000
Prepayment premium percentage																											2.00%	2.00%															3.00%									3.00%
Loss on extinguishment of debt		(170,000)	(1,908,000)	(1,595,000)	(14,552,000)	(500,000)	(2,078,000)	(16,647,000)	(2,101,000)																															(6,300,000)	(2,100,000)									1,600,000
Estimated fair value																																																			473,900,000			249,500,000
Total net proceeds from the offering							206,000,000																																485,700,000																							202,800,000
Underwriter fees																24,700,000																	4,000,000	10,000,000
Underwriting discount expensed																																	4,000,000	76,000
Original issue discount																																												4,000,000							900,000			2,159,000	2,481,000			900,000	1,065,000	4,000,000	4,000,000	4,000,000
Third party fees																																							287,000																							800,000
Additional third party fees and expenses associated with the offering																																							3,600,000
Principal amount of debt extinguished																										453,300,000											2,700,000
Prepayment Premium																										9,100,000	500,000
Period of bridge loan (in years)																																																															1
Bridge loan commitment and other associated fees																																																														3,300,000
Commitment fees																																																														2,600,000
Structuring fees																																																														200,000
Fees and third party costs																																																														3,900,000
Borrowing capacity																					150,000,000																																														400,000,000	250,000,000	125,000,000									25,000,000
Outstanding letters of credit																						70,400,000	200,000	30,600,000	39,700,000																																									86,100,000
Number of letters of credit																									2
Aggregate availability																					79,600,000																																													313,900,000
Variable rate basis										LIBOR			prime rate																																																										prime rate		Eurodollar rate
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)											2.75%	3.00%		1.75%	2.00%																																																									2.50%		3.50%
Accrued interest payable																														16,100,000	11,800,000
Accrued interest payable																																																													3,700,000
Purchase price as a percentage of the principal amount at which the entity is required to purchase a portion of the notes																													103.00%								103.00%
Amount of debt to be purchased under a fertilizer event offer																																100,000,000
Letter of credit sublimit as a percentage of the total facility commitment																																																																				90.00%
Maximum borrowing capacity optional expansion																																																																				250,000,000
Lender and other third party costs incurred				18,029,000			32,631,000	18,029,000										4,900,000	3,000,000	800,000															3,900,000																														9,100,000											4,800,000
Portion of unamortized deferred financing cost incurred written off																	5,400,000																																															1,900,000
Uncommitted incremental facility																																																																													50,000,000
Amount of special distribution made by the Partnership to CRLLC upon closing of credit facility																																																																											$ 87,200,000