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Share-Based Compensation (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Apr. 18, 2012 payment $ / shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of allocation of share-based compensation expense	100.00%
Number of non-transferable contingent cash payments right for each share \| payment				1
CVR Energy, Inc \| Incentive Unit Award
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Compensation expense	$ 0.9	$ 0.5
Share-based liabilities paid	0.6	0.3
Liability for unvested awards related to employees	$ 0.5	0.2
Weighted-average period for amortization of unrecognized compensation cost	1 year 8 months
Number of shares considered for determining cash payment for each award upon vesting \| shares	1
Unrecognized compensation cost	$ 1.7
CVR Energy, Inc \| CVR Energy LTIP \| Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Price at which holders of shares will receive upon vesting of award (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares				$ 30
CVR Energy, Inc \| CVR Energy LTIP \| Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Compensation expense	$ 0.1	0.2	$ 1.8
CVR Energy, Inc \| CVR Energy LTIP \| Restricted stock units \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.33%
CVR Energy, Inc \| CVR Energy LTIP \| Restricted stock units \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.33%
CVR Energy, Inc \| CVR Energy LTIP \| Restricted stock units \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.33%
CVR Energy, Inc \| CVR Energy LTIP \| Incentive Unit Award \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.33%
CVR Energy, Inc \| CVR Energy LTIP \| Incentive Unit Award \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.33%
CVR Energy, Inc \| CVR Energy LTIP \| Incentive Unit Award \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	33.33%
Executive Officer \| CVR Energy, Inc \| CVR Energy LTIP \| Restricted stock units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	1 year
Number of shares right to receive cash payment on vesting equal to fair market value is received per award \| shares	1
Chief Executive Officer \| 2015 Performance Unit Award Agreement \| Performance shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Additional share-based compensation expense upon modification	$ 0.4
Weighted-average period for amortization of unrecognized compensation cost	1 year
Chief Executive Officer \| CVR Energy, Inc \| CVR Energy LTIP \| Performance shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense		0.7	$ 0.4
Share-based liabilities paid		0.8
Liability for unvested awards related to employees		$ 0.3