Commitments and Contingencies Energy Minimum Required Payments Table (Details) (Energy Segment [Member], USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified				12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 CVR Energy, Inc. [Member]	Dec. 31, 2012 CVR Energy, Inc. [Member]		Dec. 31, 2013 Petroleum Transportation [Member] CRRM [Member] bbl
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Future minimum payments for unconditional purchase obligations, 2014	$ 121
Future minimum payments for unconditional purchase obligations, 2015		110
Future minimum payments for unconditional purchase obligations, 2016		102
Future minimum payments for unconditional purchase obligations, 2017		101
Future minimum payments for unconditional purchase obligations, 2018		101
Future minimum payments for unconditional purchase obligations, Thereafter		883
Total future minimum payments for unconditional purhcase obligations		1,418	[1]
Unconditional purchase obligation for petroleum transportation, payable ratably over nine years				$ 973
Term of unconditional purchase obligation for petroleum transportation				20 years
Number of barrels of petroleum to be transported pursuant to unconditional purchase obligation				25,000

[1] This amount includes $973 million payable ratably over nine years pursuant to petroleum transportation service agreements between CRRM and TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP ("TransCanada"). Under the agreements, CRRM receives transportation for at least 25,000 barrels per day of crude oil with a delivery point at Cushing, Oklahoma for a term of 20 years on TransCanada's Keystone pipeline system. CRRM began receiving crude oil under the agreements in the first quarter of 2011.