Organization and History of the Company and Basis of Presentation (Details)					1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	13 Months Ended	14 Months Ended	25 Months Ended	28 Months Ended
	Aug. 09, 2015 subsidiary	Jul. 24, 2014 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May. 28, 2013 shares	Jul. 23, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) fertilizer_facility segment	Jun. 29, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	May. 27, 2013	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of reportable segments | segment							2
Percentage of holders of the outstanding common units required to vote for removal of the general partner							66.67%		66.67%		66.67%
IEP Energy LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership percentage held by controlling stockholder							82.00%
Coffeyville Resources LLC | Forecast
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by CRLLC or CVR Refining Holdings						34.00%
Percentage of common units owned by limited partner						100.00%
CVR Refining Holdings LLC | Second Underwritten Offering
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of partnership units sold in offering (in shares)		385,900
Proceeds from issuance of units | $		$ 9,700,000
CVR Partners, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of limited partner interest held by the public										30.00%	47.00%
Number of new subsidiaries | subsidiary	2
CVR Partners, LP | Minimum
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by limited partner							50.00%
CVR Partners, LP | Rentech Nitrogen | Forecast
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Expected issuance of common units						40,700,000
Expense reimbursement payment | $						$ 10,000,000
CVR Partners, LP | Secondary Offering
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of partnership units sold in offering (in shares)				12,000,000
CVR Partners, LP | Coffeyville Resources LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by CRLLC or CVR Refining Holdings											53.00%
CVR Partners, LP | Coffeyville Resources LLC | Letter of Credit | Forecast
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity | $						$ 150,000,000.0
CVR GP, LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by limited partner											100.00%
Rentech Nitrogen
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of fertilizer facilities | fertilizer_facility							2
Rentech Nitrogen | Letter of Credit
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Interest calculation period							360 days
Loan term							1 year
Rentech Nitrogen | Letter of Credit | LIBOR
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate							3.00%
Rentech Nitrogen | Secured Debt
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity | $							$ 50,000,000.0		$ 50,000,000.0		$ 50,000,000.0
Rentech Nitrogen | Senior Notes | Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2021
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Stated interest rate (as a percent)							6.50%		6.50%		6.50%
Rentech Nitrogen | Rentech Nitrogen | Forecast
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
CVR Partners common units eligible per Rentech Nitrogen common unit						1.04
Unit price | $ / shares						$ 2.57
Termination fee | $						$ 31,200,000
CVR Refining, LP
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of limited partner interest held by the public					33.00%			29.00%	34.00%
CVR Refining, LP | Second Underwritten Offering
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of partnership units sold in offering (in shares)		589,100	6,500,000
Offering price per unit (in dollars per share) | $ / shares			$ 26.07
Proceeds from issuance of units | $		$ 14,900,000	$ 164,100,000
Units redeemed			6,500,000
CVR Refining, LP | IEP Energy LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Ownership interest held by IEP								4.00%	4.00%
CVR Refining, LP | CVR Refining Holdings LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by CRLLC or CVR Refining Holdings					67.00%			71.00%	66.00%
CVR Refining GP, LLC
Organization, Consolidation, and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage of common units owned by limited partner									100.00%