Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases and Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligations Disclosure

The minimum required payments for CVR's unconditional purchase obligations are as follows:

	Unconditional Purchase Obligations(1)
	(in millions)
2016	$	141
2017	126
2018	124
2019	124
2020	108
Thereafter	727
	$	1,350

⁽¹⁾This amount includes $782 million payable ratably over 15 years pursuant to petroleum transportation service agreements between CRRM and each of TransCanada Keystone Limited Partnership and TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP (together, "TransCanada"). The purchase obligation reflects the exchange rate between the Canadian dollar and the U.S. dollar as of December 31, 2015, where applicable. Under the agreements, CRRM receives transportation of 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.

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]

Consolidated future minimum lease payments under operating leases with initial terms of one or more years consist of the following at December 31, 2015:

Year	Amount
	(in millions)
2016	$	104
2017	88
2018	82
2019	55
2020	48
Thereafter	156
	$	533