Commitments and Contingencies (Details 2) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended					0 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended				0 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2012	Aug. 31, 2011 WRC	Sep. 30, 2013 WRC	Sep. 30, 2013 Mr. Icahn's affiliates	Sep. 30, 2013 Mr. Icahn's affiliates Federal-Mogul Subsequent event	Sep. 30, 2013 Maximum CRRM	Feb. 25, 2013 Litigation CRNF	Sep. 30, 2013 Litigation CRNF	Dec. 31, 2012 Litigation CRNF	Dec. 31, 2011 Litigation CRNF	Dec. 31, 2010 Litigation CRNF	Dec. 31, 2009 Litigation CRNF	Dec. 31, 2008 Litigation CRNF	Jun. 21, 2012 Litigation Goldman Sachs Tender Offer Dispute	Aug. 10, 2012 Litigation Deutsche Bank	Jun. 30, 2010 Flood, Crude Oil Discharge and Insurance	Oct. 31, 2009 Flood, Crude Oil Discharge and Insurance plaintiff	May 31, 2008 Flood, Crude Oil Discharge and Insurance claimant	Sep. 30, 2013 Flood, Crude Oil Discharge and Insurance plaintiff	Oct. 25, 2010 Flood, Crude Oil Discharge and Insurance	Jul. 02, 2013 Flood, Crude Oil Discharge and Insurance CRRM	Apr. 19, 2013 Flood, Crude Oil Discharge and Insurance CRRM	Sep. 30, 2013 EHS landfill	Dec. 31, 2012 EHS landfill	Mar. 31, 2012 EHS CRRM	Sep. 30, 2013 EHS CRRM	Sep. 30, 2012 EHS CRRM	Sep. 30, 2013 EHS CRRM issue	Sep. 30, 2012 EHS CRRM	Dec. 31, 2012 EHS CRRM	Mar. 31, 2012 EHS Maximum	Mar. 31, 2012 EHS Minimum	Sep. 30, 2013 MSAT II	Sep. 30, 2013 MSAT II CRRM	Sep. 30, 2013 MSAT II CRRM and CRT	Sep. 30, 2013 MSAT II WRC	Sep. 28, 2012 Wynnewood refinery incident employee	Sep. 30, 2013 Affiliate Pension Obligations	Sep. 30, 2013 New Vitol Agreement CRRM
Commitments and Contingencies
Renewal term of agreement																																										1 year
Number of days for prior notice of nonrenewal																																										180 days
Aggregate amount of claims																	$ 18,500,000	$ 18,500,000	$ 3,200,000	$ 3,200,000	$ 4,400,000
Property tax abatement period											10 years
Increase in property tax expenses												11,300,000	11,400,000	11,700,000	10,700,000	10,700,000
Decrease in property tax expenses										10,500,000
Tax exemption period										10 years
Number of private claimants																					16
Number of additional plaintiffs																				3
Number of claims not settled																						1
Reimbursement of oversight cost																							1,800,000
Environmental civil penalty plus accrued interest for CWA violations																									600,000
Amount of reimbursement agreed for oversight cost																									1,700,000
Environmental civil penalty related to RMP settlement agreement																								300,000
Insurance proceeds under primary environmental liability insurance policy																						25,000,000
Acceleration of project completion																																				3 months
Estimated amount expected to be spent for environmental remediation compliance, including capital expenditures									20,000,000																													63,000,000	105,000,000
Amount spent to date																																					19,100,000		35,400,000
Final renewable fuel percentage standard																															9.74%
Cost of renewable identification numbers																													57,400,000	7,100,000	155,000,000	16,500,000
Biofuel blending obligation recorded in other current liabilities																													47,500,000		47,500,000		1,100,000
Marquee issues under the Clean Air Act																															4
Percentage of refining capacity																												90.00%
Environmental civil penalty																												700,000
Estimated costs associated with Second Consent Decree																															40,000,000
Estimated cost of completion of project																															1,200,000
Period over which incremental capital expenditure not material and limited primarily to retrofit and replacement of heaters and boilers																																		7 years	5 years
Payment of civil penalties					950,000
Expected remaining costs under consent order						3,000,000
Expenses related to environmental, health and safety ("EHS") matters	35,500,000	7,700,000	73,500,000	18,700,000
Number of employees fatally injured																																								2
Environmental, Health, and Safety ("EHS") Matters
Environmental accruals																										1,800,000	2,300,000
Environmental accruals included in other current liabilities																										400,000	700,000
Estimated closure and post-closure costs																										800,000	800,000
Number of landfills																										2	2
Estimated future payments for environmental obligations
Three months ending December 31, 2013																										200,000
2014																										400,000
2015																										200,000
2016																										100,000
2017																										100,000
Thereafter																										1,100,000
Undiscounted total																										2,100,000
Less amounts representing interest at 2.34%																										300,000
Accrued environmental liabilities at the end of the year																										1,800,000
Interest rate (as a percent)																										2.34%
Affiliate pension obligations
Ownership percentage held by controlling stockholder							82.00%
Minimum ownership interest in CVR Energy by Mr. Icahn's affiliates (as a percent)	80.00%		80.00%
Underfunded pension obligation, if ACF plans were voluntarily terminated																																									116,900,000
Percentage of outstanding common stock of Federal-Mogul Corporation obtained by Mr. Icahn's affiliates								80.70%
Aggregate Underfunded Pension Obligation if Pension Plans Voluntarily Terminated by Affiliate																																									$ 702,900,000