LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

     The undersigned, being an executive officer or director of CVR Energy, Inc.
(the "Corporation"), who will thereby be subject to the reporting obligations of
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Act"), with
respect to securities of the Corporation, hereby constitutes and appoints each
of Edmund S. Gross, James T. Rens and Susan M. Ball as the undersigned's true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to (i) obtain filing codes from the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") so as to permit the filing of
Forms 3, 4, and 5 with the SEC by or on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
Section 16 of the Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or
any successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the undersigned's
ownership, acquisition or disposition of equity securities of the Corporation
and (ii) execute and file for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3, 4, and 5
with the SEC, and to perform all acts necessary in order to obtain such codes
and/or execute and file such Forms 3, 4, and 5, as applicable, as he or she, as
applicable, shall deem appropriate. The undersigned hereby ratifies and confirms
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

     This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until
the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

     This Limited Power of Attorney is executed as of June 7, 2007.


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John J. Lipinski                        Christopher G. Swanberg



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Stanley A. Riemann                      Wesley Clark


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James T. Rens                           Scott Lebovitz


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Edmund S. Gross                         George E. Matelich


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Robert W. Haugen                        Stanley de J. Osborne


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Wyatt E. Jernigan                       Kenneth A. Pontarelli

                                        /s/ Mark Tomkins
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Kevan A. Vick                           Mark Tomkins