Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended										1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended					3 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended				1 Months Ended		0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended				0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 15, 2011 ABL credit facility CRLLC	Feb. 22, 2011 ABL credit facility CRLLC	Feb. 22, 2011 First Priority Credit Facility CRLLC	Mar. 31, 2013 CRNF credit facility CRNF	Apr. 13, 2011 CRNF credit facility CRNF	Mar. 31, 2013 CRNF credit facility	Dec. 31, 2012 CRNF credit facility	Apr. 30, 2011 CRNF credit facility CRNF Prime	Apr. 13, 2011 CRNF credit facility CRNF Prime	Apr. 30, 2011 CRNF credit facility CRNF Eurodollar	Apr. 13, 2011 CRNF credit facility CRNF Eurodollar	Apr. 13, 2011 Revolving credit facility CRNF	Mar. 31, 2013 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility CRLLC	Mar. 31, 2013 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility Credit parties	Dec. 20, 2012 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility Credit parties	Mar. 31, 2013 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility Credit parties Daily Average Amount Of Loans And Letters Of Credit Outstanding Less Than 50% Of Lesser Of Borrowing Base And Total Commitments	Mar. 31, 2013 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility Credit parties Daily Average Amount Of Loans And Letters Of Credit Outstanding Equal To Or Greater Than 50% Of Lesser Of Borrowing Base And Total Commitments	Mar. 31, 2013 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility Credit parties LIBOR	Mar. 31, 2013 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility Credit parties LIBOR Quarterly Average Excess Availability Exceeding 50% Of Lesser Of Borrowing Base And Total Commitments	Mar. 31, 2013 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility Credit parties LIBOR Quarterly Average Excess Availability Less Than Or Equal To 50% Of Lesser Of Borrowing Base And Total Commitments	Mar. 31, 2013 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility Credit parties Prime	Mar. 31, 2013 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility Credit parties Prime Quarterly Average Excess Availability Exceeding 50% Of Lesser Of Borrowing Base And Total Commitments	Mar. 31, 2013 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility Credit parties Prime Quarterly Average Excess Availability Less Than Or Equal To 50% Of Lesser Of Borrowing Base And Total Commitments	Mar. 31, 2013 Amended and Restated ABL Credit Facility CVR Refining, LP	Nov. 23, 2012 9.0% Senior Secured Notes, due 2015 CRLLC	Oct. 23, 2012 9.0% Senior Secured Notes, due 2015 CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2012 9.0% Senior Secured Notes, due 2015 CRLLC	Apr. 30, 2010 Original Notes CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Apr. 06, 2010 Original Notes CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Dec. 15, 2011 Additional First Lien Notes CRLLC	Dec. 31, 2011 Additional First Lien Notes CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Dec. 31, 2011 Additional First Lien Notes CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Dec. 15, 2011 Additional First Lien Notes CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc. (Issuers)	Mar. 31, 2013 10.875% Senior Secured Notes, due 2017	Dec. 31, 2012 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)	Jan. 24, 2013 10.875% Senior Secured Notes, due 2017 CVR Refining, LP	Mar. 31, 2013 10.875% Senior Secured Notes, due 2017 CVR Refining, LP	Apr. 30, 2010 Old Notes CRLLC	Mar. 31, 2013 6.5% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes, due 2022	Dec. 31, 2012 6.5% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes, due 2022	Mar. 31, 2013 6.5% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes, due 2022 Level 2	Oct. 23, 2012 6.5% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes, due 2022 Refining LLC
Long-Term Debt
Aggregate availability																											$ 372,800,000
Outstanding letters of credit																											27,200,000
Borrowings outstanding							0																				0
Capital lease obligations	50,884,000		51,168,000
Long-term debt	675,884,000		897,078,000						125,000,000	125,000,000																												220,910,000						500,000,000	500,000,000
Stated interest rate (as a percent)																																9.00%	9.00%				10.875%	10.875%		10.875%				6.50%	6.50%		6.50%
Unamortized discount																																						1,840,000
Unamortized discount																																										1,800,000
Unamortized premium																																	10,000,000
Aggregate principal amount																															275,000,000			200,000,000					225,000,000								500,000,000
Issue price as a percentage of principal amount																																99.511%				105.00%				98.811%
Principal payment																												124,100,000	323,000,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt	26,127,000																													33,400,000												26,100,000
Total net proceeds from the offering																																															492,500,000
Additional third party fees and expenses associated with the offering																																											3,600,000
Prepayment Premium																												8,400,000	23,200,000	31,600,000											20,600,000
Accrued interest payable																																			3,700,000
Redemption of notes																													348,100,000
Portion of unamortized premium written off																														6,300,000
Accrued interest settled on redemption	12,758,000	2,420,000																										1,600,000	1,800,000
Deferred finance costs																2,100,000																															8,700,000
Write-off of previously deferred financing charges																														8,100,000												3,700,000
Increase in deferred prepayment premium cost due to modification or extinguishment of debt instrument																2,800,000
Estimated fair value																																														511,300,000
Borrowing capacity				400,000,000	250,000,000	150,000,000		125,000,000							25,000,000			400,000,000
Letter of credit sublimit as a percentage of the total facility commitment					90.00%													90.00%
Maximum borrowing capacity optional expansion					250,000,000													200,000,000
Variable rate basis											prime rate		Eurodollar rate								LIBOR			prime rate
Basis spread on variable rate (as a percent)												2.50%		3.50%								1.75%	2.00%		0.75%	1.00%
Swingline loans sublimit as a percentage of the total facility commitment																		10.00%
Percentage threshold of borrowing base and total commitments for determination of interest rate on borrowings																	50.00%
Unused line fee (as a percent)																			0.40%	0.30%
Percentage threshold of borrowing base and total commitments for determination of unused capacity commitment fee																	50.00%
Percentage of maximum amount available to be drawn under line of credit deducted to compute fees on commercial letters of credit																	0.50%
Percentage of customary facing fees																	0.125%
Proceeds from IPO to be utilized for repurchase of debt																																									253,000,000
Face amount of debt repurchased																																									222,800,000
Accrued interest																																									9,500,000
Uncommitted incremental facility															$ 50,000,000